For those of us who pay attention to this sort of thing, this year’s contenders for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film are collectively the strongest group of nominees in […]
Review: An Epic, Ambitious Never Look Away Comes Up Short
2018 in Review: What We Liked on the Big Screen (Narratives Edition)
I’m the dummy who waits until the year actually ends before rolling out my Best Of… lists, and that’s because I’m often able to squeeze in about a dozen or more films […]
Review: Cuarón’s Roma Is an Extraordinary, Emotional Series of Remembrances
It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes as a film critic—or simply as an audience member—you exit a film so extraordinary and emotionally stirring that words nearly fail you. Writer/director/cinematographer/co-editor Alfonso Cuarón’s deeply […]
