Review: John Carney Makes Beautiful Music (Again) with Flora and Son
Filmmaker John Carney has a niche. Since breaking out with 2007’s bittersweet, music-driven Once (an adaptation of which went on…
Review: A Wooden Puppet Dreams of Coming to Life While Disney’s New Pinocchio Never Does
It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes movies really depress me. I’m not talking about movies with depressing storylines of someone…
Interview: Actor Mark Rylance on Portraying a Legal Legend, Aaron Sorkin’s “Impeccable” Vision and Eddie Redmayne as the Tom Hanks of The Trial of the Chicago 7
I admit, I didn’t know before I spoke with him last week that Mark Rylance had been knighted in 2017,…
Review: Recounting a Chicago Courtroom Drama, The Trial of the Chicago 7 Ignites with Staggering Performances
People seem to enjoy giving Oscar-winner Aaron Sorkin grief, and I’m not entirely clear on why. Obviously as a screenwriter,…
See Christopher Nolan’s Monumental Inception from the Country’s Only 70mm Print, Only at Music Box Theatre
The last film I saw in movie theaters before the shutdown order was Hello, Dolly! in glorious 70mm at Music Box…
Review: Project Power Brings as Much Action as Nonsense, and Both Entertain
Having gone for more than a year without a new Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, and with the last two DC…
Review: Precision and Tension in Confined Spaces Make 7500 a Gripping Debut
I didn’t go back and check after I watched the first feature from German-born director Patrick Vollrath, 7500, but I’m…
