Movie Review: Past Lives
Moviemakers are pretty great at making great romances, but usually out of period pieces. Something about the pre-cell phone era puts nice little simple boundary …
John Magaro
Movie Review: Showing Up
The Sight and Sound movie poll releases every decade, where a bunch of filmmakers and critics vote on what the best movie of all time …
Movie Review: Call Jane
Who is Jane? We all should be. The Jane Collective was a group that ran out of Chicago from 1969 to 1973, helping women who …
Movie Review: The Many Saints of Newark
Intellectual Property. IP. That loaded term means a lot of things when it’s attached to a story. Movie producers see those dollar signs increase if …
Movie Review: First Cow
The explorer movie is always wrought with peril everywhere in search of opportunity. I mean, Leo DiCaprio was mauled by a bear! Kelly Reichart’s First …
Movie Review: Overlord
I never thought about it, but Saving Private Ryan would have been scarier if zombies were involved. Overlord successfully merges a zombie movie with a …
Movie Review: War Machine
Within War Machine is a great movie…somewhere. I could be wrong. Perhaps bureaucracy of war will never be as captivating or potent as a battle. …
Movie Review: The Big Short
Full disclosure: The Big Short by Michael Lewis is one of the best books I’ve read since I left school. It is also one of …