Calling a film Mike Leigh-lite might be considered an insult in some circles, but when referring to director Phyllida Lloyd’s domestic drama/self-empowerment story Herself, it’s actually something of a badge of honor. […]
Although slightly sketchy on some of the aspects of its subject’s unique qualities as a performer, the Audrey Hepburn documentary Audrey does an admirable job filling in a few blanks in her […]
Several years as a successful YouTube sensation and stand-up comedian whose humor blended music, visual elements and a twisted perspective led to Bo Burnham releasing a series of highly successful comedy albums […]
Call me old fashioned, but I’m a firm believer in not posting a Best of the Year list until the year is actually over. I’m often able to squeeze in about a […]
As I’ve said before, the reason I separate documentaries into their own Best of the Year list is not because I feel they should be judged any differently than feature films, but […]
This time last year, I was writing about the film that ultimately landed at the top of my Best Films of 2019 list: Greta Gerwig’s Little Women. In Gerwig’s capable hands, Louisa […]
There are so many reasons the long-awaited sequel to the groundbreaking Wonder Woman is genuinely bad that I need to start by simply listing them: writing, editing, acting, directing, logic, effects, and […]
The part that we know is fact is that in February 1964, shortly after underdog Cassius Clay defeated heavyweight champion Sonny Liston in Miami (considered one of the greatest upsets in boxing […]
Set five years after the conclusion of the Civil War, News of the World (based on the Paulette Jiles novel) tracks the very particular journey of Capt. Jefferson Kyle Kidd (a grizzled […]
Marking his seventh feature as a director, George Clooney enters what I would consider his first foray into genre filmmaking with The Midnight Sky, based on author Lily Brooks-Dalton’s Good Morning, Midnight, […]
Written and directed by Eugene Ashe (Homecoming), Sylvie’s Love is beautifully realized mid-century drama about star-crossed lovers in New York City whose destinies are as intertwined as they are seemingly divergent. The ever-charming […]
It’s fair to say that the cinema experience is richer, more impressive, more memorable when it takes place in an actual movie theater (as opposed to from one’s couch), something I’ve missed […]
