Based on the popular novel by Emily Henry and directed by Brett Haley (Hearts Beat Loud, All the Bright Places), People We Meet on Vacation may seem like a cookie-cutter […]
There have been a fair number of documentaries over the years about Romanian-born storyteller, professor, activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, who died in 2016, but director Oren […]
Although director Gus Van Sant hasn’t made a feature film since 2018’s strange but endearing Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot (he also directed six of the eight […]
2025 is finally over, so it’s time to reveal my Best Narrative Films of the Year list. As always, I was able to squeeze in a couple dozen additional films […]
As I do every year, I separate documentaries into their own Best of the Year list, not because I feel they should be judged any differently than narrative films, but […]
With a cast like this, how can you resist taking a peak at this Christmastime film that’s also a dying-elderly-mother piece? Featuring four of the most reliable actors of their […]
According to the legend established in this film, director Laura Poitras (an Oscar winner for Citizenfour and All the Beauty and the Bloodshed) asked Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh […]
It’s hard not to watch this new take on Anaconda and not think of Tropic Thunder, since both are about a group of filmmakers (one sanctioned by a studio, the […]
As Americans, most of us are suckers for stories about underdogs or comebacks or rising up from great adversity to triumph in the end, and certainly, the debut solo film […]
It’s no secret that Hugh Jackman is a, forgive me, jack of all trades. The man can do it all, from super-hero to Broadway star. He’s a man’s man who’s […]
It’s a shame that more American audiences don’t seek out international cinema when it makes its way to US movie theaters; it was always a struggle for films with subtitles […]
When I first met Craig Brewer, it was after a very early screening of his third feature film, 2006’s Black Snake Moan (maybe three months before its official release date). […]