Film Reviews

Review: 'Bombshell'

Charlize Theron in BOMBSHELL. Photo: Hilary Bronywn Gale. ©2019, Lionsgate Films. “Here’s the one thing you probably know about me.… Read More

December 10, 2019

Review: ‘A Hidden Life’

I’m not a religious person, but there’s been something about Martin Scorsese’s 2016 drama Silence, about a pair of Jesuit… Read More

December 9, 2019

Review: ‘Seberg’

Jane Fonda is getting arrested every Friday for the rest of the year protesting the lack of action on climate… Read More

December 9, 2019

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – Postman and Titanic (1997)

“I'm sure postal workers like it though, as it gives their job a very flattering impression of being important. But… Read More

December 6, 2019

Review: Céline Sciamma challenges the male gaze with the meticulous and gorgeous ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’

Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant in Céline Sciamma's PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE The concept of the male gaze… Read More

December 2, 2019

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – Striptease and The English Patient (1996)

Striptease - “However the entire thing ended up being a mess, and I can only hope I can erase the… Read More

November 26, 2019

Review: ‘1917’

(center) George MacKay as Schofield in "1917," co-written and directed by Sam Mendes (Courtesy of Universal Pictures) With a storied… Read More

November 26, 2019

AFI FEST Review: Barbara Kopple’s ‘Desert One’ is a staggering, indelible must-see

The United States is a country with great pride.  No matter what internal divisions we may have, we, as a… Read More

November 20, 2019

AFI FEST Review: ‘Ivana the Terrible’

Courtesy of Microfilm It’s sometimes easy to forget that film is an art form.  And, as with any art, the… Read More

November 18, 2019

AFI FEST Review: ‘Love Me Tender’

Courtesy of AFI FEST The internal struggles of a character are often the most difficult to portray in a visual… Read More

November 18, 2019

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