Movie Review: Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
What brilliant counterprogramming. For the Anglophile wives on a mission to see Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, here comes Spinal Tap II: The End Continues …
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Movie Review: The History of Sound
What beautiful time travel this was. Director Oliver Hermanus takes us on a sumptuous journey through Americana that’s somewhat familiar, and somewhat not. The History …
Movie Review: DEVO
Chris Smith has become the Ron Howard of documentary filmmaking. He’s always picking subjects that bring something interesting to the table, that also have enough …
Movie Review: Lurker
I’m so happy to live a life of anonymity. While there are plenty of benefits to living your whole life in the public eye, it’s …
Movie Review: Highest 2 Lowest
The great director cycle continues. John Ford’s westerns of the 30s and 40s as well as William Shakespeare inspired Akira Kurosawa, the great Japanese director, …
Movie Review: Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
I love Questlove’s mission. The amazing musician is also at this point a brilliant moviemaker, intent on showing us parts of music history he thinks …
Movie Review: Lost in Starlight
I guess the South Korean Netflix partnership really built something big? Lost in Starlight is the rare South Korean animated project, usually overwhelmed by their …
Movie Review: The Ballad of Wallis Island
Carey Mulligan loves her husband. For the uninitiated, she’s married to Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons. That partnership has clearly aroused her interest in …
Movie Review: Sinners
Now this is exciting. As fun as Creed and Black Panther are, Ryan Coogler was still hamstrung by working within the bounds of the studio …
Movie Review: Becoming Led Zeppelin
We’re getting to a point where most of the great 1960s and 1970s rock and rollers are done touring and enjoying quiet lives at home. …