Reviews

Review: ‘Maze’ (2017)

From left; Barry Ward and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor in the prison escape drama Maze Against the backdrop of Brexit, now may… Read More

April 8, 2019

Review: No sophomore slump for season two of ‘Killing Eve’

Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer in Killing Eve (BBC AMerica) We’ve all been there. Loving a show’s first season only… Read More

April 6, 2019

Review: ‘Barry’ is back for season 2 and as lethal as ever

Bill Hader in HBO's Barry. (Photo: HBO/Isabella Vosmikova) In 2017, when Bill Hader signed on with HBO to create, write,… Read More

April 4, 2019

Review: Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’

Lupita Nyong'o knows something's wrong in 'Us' Jordan Peele has always had his finger firmly on the pulse of the… Read More

April 3, 2019

Review: ‘I Am Not a Witch’

I Am Not a Witch (Sundance) In Nigeria, within Keats State, a Goat was arrested as an armed robbery suspect.… Read More

March 28, 2019

Review: ‘Sorry to Bother You’

Lakeith Stanfield and Tessa Thompson in Boots Riley's Sorry To Bother You (Annapurna) Coonery, buffoonery, toxic masculinity, feminism, identity, and… Read More

March 28, 2019

Review: ‘Assassination Nation’

Abra, Odessa Young, Hari Nef and Suki Waterhouse appear in Assassination Nation by Sam Levinson (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) In… Read More

March 28, 2019

Review: Adam McKay’s ‘Vice’ (★) is the worst film of the year

Vice (Annapurna Pictures) Rarely have I seen a film that hates its audience as much as Vice does. Poised as… Read More

December 17, 2018

Review: ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ (★★★★)

KiKi Layne and Stephan James in If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna) Barry Jenkins follows up his Oscar-winning Moonlight with… Read More

December 13, 2018

AFI Fest Review: Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie Rule in ‘Mary Queen of Scots’ (★★★½)

In her superb feature directorial debut, Josie Rourke casts Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie as rival queens who are sisters… Read More

November 17, 2018

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