Reviews

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ review: Season five delivers another shocking entry about grief, retaliation and bodily autonomy [A]

Every action has a reaction. June Osborne perfectly embodies the phrase, especially after the events of season 4 of The Handmaid's… Read More

September 8, 2022

‘Pinocchio’ review: A wooden imitation of the classic [C-]

Pinocchio (voiced by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) in Disney's live-action PINOCCHIO (Photo courtesy of Disney) The best and most interesting Disney… Read More

September 8, 2022

‘Saint Omer’ review: Alice Diop’s affecting story about motherhood is a stunner [A] | Venice Film Festival

It’s November 2013, and in the small town of Berck-sur-mer, in northern France, a 15-month old baby is found dead… Read More

September 7, 2022

‘Bones and All’ review: Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet are fine young cannibals in Luca Guadagnino’s gory, romantic road-mance [A-] | Telluride Film Festival

Director Luca Guadagnino is working on levels of comfort, or discomfort, most directors take their entire career to find. His… Read More

September 7, 2022

‘The Son’ review: Florian Zeller’s sophomore effort disappoints despite a great Hugh Jackman [C+] | Venice Film Festival

Florian Zeller’s stage trilogy about parent-child relationships and the devastating consequences of mental illness was one of the biggest surprises… Read More

September 7, 2022

‘The Wonder’ review: Florence Pugh’s performance and Ari Wegner’s cinematography deliver in Sebastián Lelio’s effective gothic drama [B] | Telluride Film Festival

Florence Pugh as Lib Wright in THE WONDER (Christopher Barr/Netflix) The legitimacy of miracles is front in center in Sebastián… Read More

September 6, 2022

‘The Eternal Daughter’ review: Tilda Swinton shines in Joanna Hogg’s painful, personal drama [A] | Venice Film Festival

Telling someone they are being “very British” is almost never meant as a compliment. The cursed phrase connotes repression, quiet,… Read More

September 6, 2022

‘Monica’ review: Trace Lysette is a revelation in Andrea Pallaoro’s delicate story of family and acceptance [B+] | Venice Film Festival

Our lives can sometimes be impacted by irreparable trauma, and even though we heal from it, it will leave us… Read More

September 6, 2022

‘L’immensità’ review: A solid performance from Penélope Cruz doesn’t save Emanuele Crialese’s broadly drawn family drama [C+] | Venice Film Festival

Filmmakers often use cinema to tell personal stories, sometimes stories straight from their own childhood. Recently we’ve seen Alfonso Cuarón,… Read More

September 6, 2022

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