Nomadland
Chloe Zhao's "Nomadland," the filmmaker's follow-up to "The Rider," is every bit as a emphatic and deeply complex character study as her previous endeavor. Zhao's third feature, which recently played [...]
On the Rocks
Sophisticated and charming, "On the Rocks," Sofia Coppola's appealing feature is her most lighthearted and accessible film to date, a bittersweet screwball comedy told consistently from the point of view [...]
The Devil All the Time
Antonio Campos's "The Devil All the Time" is his fifth feature, following the critically acclaimed "Christine" and the artfully made, "Simon Killer." This is without a doubt Campos's most ambitious [...]
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 [...]