Review: Hercule Poirot Returns in Death on the Nile, an Elevated, Elegant Mystery
Taking a slightly more serious, but no less stylized, approach to the crime-solving adventures of Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot (played…
Review: Crisis Falls Short with Multiple Storylines and Little to Surprise in Any of Them
Sometimes, it’s absolutely possible to make too much movie for one subject matter. The gold standard for films about the…
Review: Saturated in Color and Style, Rebecca Carries Enough Intrigue to Warrant a Visit to Manderley
That anyone would consider making a new film version of a noir novel already masterfully adapted by none other than…
Review: A Tragic Day Recounted Impressively in Hotel Mumbai
Taking a similar approach as 22 July earlier this year (minus the courtroom drama of that film), Hotel Mumbai perilously walks…
Review: On The Basis of Sex Is an Approachable Biopic for an Ambitious American Icon
It could be reasonably argued that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the most important American woman alive today.…
Interview: How Boots Riley Fit All His Best Ideas into Sorry to Bother You
As much as many have written stories about how Sorry To Bother You writer/director Boots Riley “hacked” the Hollywood system…
Review: Geoffrey Rush and Armie Hammer as an Artistic Odd Couple in Final Portrait
In his latest effort as a writer/director, Stanley Tucci (Big Night, The Imposters) has taken what is essentially a footnote…
Film Review: Call Me By Your Name Is one of the Best Films of 2017
One of the finest films you’ll see this year is Call Me By Your Name. The latest from Luca Guadagnino…
Interview: Prolific Actor Michael Stuhlbarg Talks Chicago, Sam Shepard and Call Me By Your Name
Michael Stuhlbarg is the classic definition of a successful working actor, but almost more than that, he’s pure chameleon. You’ve…
Film Review: Free Fire, An Exercise in Barely Controlled Chaos
The details don’t really matter, but if you can keep up with who is where in this giant Boston warehouse…
