Lingua Franca
Authentic transgender driven films are rarely featured as genuine or as honestly as Isabel Sandoval's "Lingua Franca", the latest intimate and emotionally raw indie film which is one of the [...]
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Easily the most cerebral, misanthropic, slightly flawed, yet liberating of Charlie Kaufman's work, "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" blends the limits of surrealism and horror into a feature-length drama that [...]
Mulan (2020)
Niki Caro's lavish spectacle "Mulan" is a live action remake to the impressive 1998 Disney animated film of the same time title, which was a critical and commercial success not [...]
Tenet (Robert’s Take)
With "Tenet," the most eagerly awaited film during the current COVID-19 era, Christopher Nolan's 11th feature film anchors the current state of cinema that now mainly consists of virtual cinema [...]
Fall Movie Preview 2020
While the words "uncertain" and "uncharted waters" all seem like melancholic cliches at this point, the 2020 fall moviegoing season in how we watch new movies will be just as [...]
True History of the Kelly Gang
A follow-up to “MacBeth,” (2015) Justin Kurzel's “True History of the Kelly Gang,” is an ultra violent Aussie-Western period piece movie, offering an episodic account of bushranger Ned Kelly in [...]
Palm Springs
A high-concept film–a romcom about a potential couple trapped in a time loop as they live the same day over and over--"Palm Springs" is a hysterical, often witty and charming [...]
The Vast of Night
The shadow of Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, Brian De Palma, and even P.T. Anderson looms large over Andrew Patterson's debut feature “The Vast of Night,” a small scale sci-fi period [...]
Bad Education (2020)
As a follow-up to Cory Finley’s feature debut “Thoroughbreds,” “Bad Education (2020)” represents a step forward for the young filmmaker since both sagas deal with issues of deception and trust, [...]
Beastie Boys Story
More memorial and a laugh-fest than a concert movie, this is a spirited chronicle of the memories and reflections from the Beastie Boys surviving members, Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz [...]