Ballad of a Small Player
Edward Berger is a talented director, as demonstrated by his Academy Award-winning All Quiet on the Western Front and Conclave. Colin Farrell is one of our finest actors, able to pull off comedy [...]
Rental Family
Rental Family is an often-maudlin work with an awkward Brendan Fraser at the center, yet that awkwardness is what keeps this from falling apart. It is a film that may [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Him
How does one make sense of a film with so much possible greatness that spectacularly fails on every meaningful level? The new psychological horror film produced by Jordan Peele set [...]
The Conjuring: Last Rites
The Conjuring series has seen its share of ups and downs. The first two films were solid, respectable entries in the possession/haunting categories. The first Annabelle film tried perhaps a bit too hard [...]
Honey Don’t!
Honey Don’t! is a film that may not work for everyone, and in fact, likely has a very specific audience for which it will. The second film in Ethan Coen’s “Lesbian [...]
Vulcanizadora
Regional film making can be rich and rewarding. It can cast a light and use a very specific voice to say something unique about the area and the people within [...]
Jurassic World: Rebirth
Jurassic Park: Rebirth is the latest film in the long running franchise. Directed by Gareth Edwards and written by David Koepp, who co-wrote the first film and soloed the second one, [...]
The Phoenician Scheme
The Phoenician Scheme, the latest work of writer-director Wes Anderson, is another in a long line of films about a very specific time, place and type of person and set [...]