Peter Hujar’s Day
Peter Hujar was a photographer in New York, most prominent in the 1970s and 1980s. Before dying, as far too many artists of that era did, of AIDS, he left [...]
Hedda
Hedda is based on Hedda Gabler, which may be the great Henrik Ibsen’s most supreme work. This take on the story, directed by Nia DaCosta, is a sumptuous feast for the eyes [...]
Radu Jude’s Dracula
Trash cinema is a term not lightly used by this reviewer. First, how does one define or intend the use of that term? John Waters and Andy Warhol both made [...]
Christy
Christy Martin is one of the great female boxers in the history of the sport. This film may not be one of the great boxing films, but it is a [...]
Nouvelle Vague
The French New Wave is one of the most important movements in the history of cinema, and Jean-Luc Godard is one of the prime movers within. His film, Breathless, released in 1960, [...]
Good Boy
Horror is a vast and tricky genre. Get it right, and it can do almost anything, and say so very much. Do it wrong, and it can be among the [...]
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is a film that does not have as important a reason for existing as it seems to believe. Jeremy Allen White, superb as a tormented [...]
Mr. Scorsese
Martin Scorsese has been making feature films since 1967. He had been dabbling in short films since his teen years. This is a long and, despite the reputation, a rather [...]
Fairyland
Based on the memoir by author Alysia Abbot, Fairyland tells the story of her life, from the time her mother died when she was not quite three, to her father’s passing nearly [...]
Blue Moon
In a career spanning forty years, Richard Linklater has become one of the masters of exploring time and memory. From works like Boyhood and Waking Life, to Apollo 10 ½ [...]