Reviews

Cannes Review take two: ‘Les Misérables’ is “one of the most timely and urgent films of the year”

Les Misérables (Image Credit : SRAB Films - Rectangle Productions - Lyly films) Ladj Ly’s debut feature is a stunning,… Read More

May 16, 2019

Cannes Review: ‘Bull’ has good intentions but feels all too familiar

Amber Havard and Rob Morgan in Bull from Annie Silverstein (photo: Cannes Film Festival) First time feature director Annie Silverstein… Read More

May 16, 2019

Review: ‘Her Smell’ is a postmodern masterpiece with an indelible performance by Elisabeth Moss

Elisabeth Moss burns up the screen in Alex Ross Perry's Her Smell (photo: Don Stahl) Alex Ross Perry makes films… Read More

May 16, 2019

Cannes Review: ‘Les Miserables’ is a technical marvel and a breathtaking debut

Les Misérables (photo credit: SRAB Films - Rectangle Productions - Lyly films) Ladj Ly’s supremely confident debut feature recalls the… Read More

May 16, 2019

Cannes Review: ‘Bacurau’

Bacurau (Photo: Victor Jucá) For Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho, Bacurau is a step down from Filho’s masterful Aquarius… Read More

May 16, 2019

Cannes Review take 2: ‘The Dead Don’t Die’

Tilda Swinton in The Dead Don't Die (photo courtesy of Cannes Film Festival) Jim Jarmusch’s most commercial film to date… Read More

May 15, 2019

Cannes Review: Jim Jarmusch’s ‘The Dead Don’t Die’

Bill Murray, Chloë Sevigny and Adam Driver do some zombie killin' in The Dead Don't Die Much like the zombies… Read More

May 15, 2019

Cannes Review: ‘The Unknown Saint’ (‘Le Miracle du Saint Inconnu’)

'The Unknown Saint' ('Le Miracle du Saint Inconnu') Courtesy of Le Moindre Geste Alaa Eldin Aljem’s debut feature is the… Read More

May 15, 2019

TV Review: ‘Catch-22’ mines hope and cynicism in dark comedy

(l-r): Christopher Abbott as Yossarian and Pico Alexander as Clevinger in Hulu's Catch-22. (Photo by: Philippe Antonello/ Hulu) The absurdity… Read More

May 13, 2019

Review: Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron are perfectly calibrated in ‘Long Shot’

Seth Rogen as Fred Flarsky and Charlize Theron as Charlotte Field in Long Shot (photo: Murray Close) It’s already been… Read More

May 4, 2019

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