Ad Astra
"Ad Astra" marks the seventh feature film, but the first major mainstream film, by auteur James Gray. Most of his previous films were intimate films set in New York City, [...]
Hustlers
After the unexpected buzz out of TIFF left many suddenly scrambling to put this film on their awards radar, I can confirm that one of the year’s biggest surprises has [...]
Crawl
Who knew that of all the major studios in Hollywood, Paramount Pictures would be the one to release the most consistently vicious and tension-filled genre films of the late 2010's. [...]
Rocketman
It’s hard not to compare “Rocketman" to the most recent music biopic of an acclaimed rock legend in last year’s Oscar-winning, mega-hit "Bohemian Rhapsody". Not only because they cover similar [...]
Non-Fiction
Greatly influenced by the works of Erik Rohmer that also plays out like an excellent Woody Allen comedy like "Husbands and Wives", French auteur Olivier Assayas has crafted a sharply [...]
Avengers: Endgame (Spoiler-Free)
After the devastating loss at the hands (fingers?) of Thanos (Josh Brolin) that turned half of all living creatures into dust, we find our heroes desperate and reeling from the [...]
High Life
Claire Denis's English-language debut, the high-minded sci-fi film "High Life," continues her attempt at exploring and rather transcending genre films, "Trouble Every Day" was her terrain into horror, "Bastards" was [...]
Gloria Bell
Chilean writer-director Sebastián Lelio's US remake of his 2013 Chilian romantic dramedy "Gloria" is surprisingly a radiant joy that succeeds and actually exceeds the original. Little often do Hollywood remakes [...]
The Russian Five
One of the greatest underdog stories in all of sports history is that of the Red Wings, specifically their decades long journey to the Stanley Cup in 1997. Steering the [...]
Us
Jordan Peele’s directorial debut “Get Out” was essentially the film of 2017. The film that shook the world, the “little engine that could” so to speak. Grossing nearly $300 million [...]