The feature debut from writer/director Noble Jones (a short film and music video veteran), The Tomorrow Man, is less a film about two older people finding each other and more an acting […]
I don’t want Brian De Palma to stop making movies, not ever. But I also don’t want him making movies like Domino, his latest work that is such a retread of better […]
I’ve already spotted think-pieces about the Elton John biopic Rocketman that break down scenes from the movie and declare them truthful or not, and after you see the film, you’ll realize what […]
In a way, Godzilla: King of the Monsters is the film that shows us that Warner Bros., the makers of 2014’s Godzilla and 2017’s Kong: Skull Island, are fully committed to creating […]
I’m a sucker for science fiction, especially sci-fi mystery that brings you into situations that have an obvious mystery: derelict spaceships/stations, unexplained phenomena, etc. So Observation was right up my alley—it has […]
The scope and scale of the public art created by Christo and Jeanne-Claude is undeniable; for decades, the artists (and spouses) inspired awe and wonder around the world, with installations that challenged […]
With popcorn buttered and perfect seats secured at the movie theater this weekend, you might want to buckle in before the previews end and Olivier Assayas’s latest, Non-Fiction, begins. Because once it does, […]
I can absolutely understand people not responding well to the second feature from the writing/directing team of David Dastmalchian and Collin Schiffi, who last made the bleak and haunting Animals, which tracked […]
In a time when some of the most compellingly filmed dramas are found on television or some streaming service or another, it felt like a bit of an adjustment watching a gripping […]
I genuinely love a good, grown-up romance film. I’m not talking about rom-coms, and you damn well better know the difference. But lately most of the attempts at genuine, heartfelt, on-screen romance […]
The best moment in The Lunchbox, the insanely underrated 2013 film by Ritesh Batra about a homemaker whose warm lunches end up getting delivered to a stranger, is the ending. While I […]
In a world where success can seem like it’s one well-received Instagram post away, being reminded of the thankless hours, the countless fails and the unrelenting hard work it is to build […]
