Review: ‘The Lion King’
Between 1939, with their film animated feature Snow White, up to the early 1960s, The…
Film Reviews
Review: Lulu Wang’s ‘The Farewell’
“Based on an actual lie” That is the opening title card for Lulu Wang’s deeply…
Retro Review: Spike Lee’s ‘Do the Right Thing’ at 30
I have been given only a few filmgoing experiences in my life to equal the…
Retro Review: Jennie Livingston’s iconic ball culture celebration ‘Paris Is Burning’
“We all have at one time or another lusted to walk a ballroom floor. So…
Review: ‘Midsommar’
The construct of horror often begins with something out of place. In Ari Aster’s sophomore…
Review: ‘Toy Story 4’
I once wrote of BACK TO THE FUTURE that its genius rested in telling a…
Review: ‘After the Wedding’ is a dull and predictable melodrama despite a radiant Michelle Williams
Funny how things have a tendency to endure when there’s a bit of money behind…
Review: Jennifer Kent’s brutal but brilliant ‘The Nightingale’
The early career path of a breakthrough filmmaker can be a treacherous one. Respond to…
Review: Emma Thompson is excellent in Mindy Kaling’s ‘Late Night’
Everything old is new again! Five or ten years back, a gentle little comedy like Late…
Cannes Review: ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ is passionate, unconventional queer cinema
Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, the romance drama set in 18th-century French…