The BeMovieSeeMovies 2023: And the Winners Are…
Any weak sections of my awards were filled out by the fall movie releases, especially the international films, again delivering great cinema. SpiderVerse still has …
Jeffrey Wright
Movie Review: American Fiction
Through entertainment, American audiences have become accustomed to 3 types of stories about African-Americans: either they’re slaves, Civil rights fighters, or super poor, pregnant, drug …
Movie Review: Rustin
When Barack Obama would list his favorite movies every year, I knew he had at least decent taste. That taste has proven even better than …
Movie Review: Asteroid City
The more things change, the more Wes stays the same. Asteroid City is another perfectly delightful Wes Anderson film, using an incredible cast to tell …
Movie Review: The French Dispatch
There’s some comfort in a Wes Anderson movie for sure. The stakes are usually pretty low, the story trends toward whimsical and wry, and his …
Movie Review: No Time To Die
And so ends the reign of the 2nd best James Bond. Daniel Craig’s imprint on the character will be hard to shake, taking the franchise …
Movie Review: The Laundromat
I guess Steven Soderbergh’s retirement was contingent on Netflix not being a thing. The Laundromat finds the director engaged with the movie process again, telling …
Movie Review: The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch is a 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning novel. The movie based on the book feels like an outline Donna Tartt gave herself before she …
Movie Review: Only Lovers Left Alive
Well I’m a dork. Only Lovers Left Alive is Director Jim Jarmusch’s vampire story for the well-educated artistic elite. This fun new twist on Vampires …