Film Reviews

Toronto Review: Scott Z. Burns’ ‘The Report’ is an an essential celebration of the pursuit of truth

Scott Z. Burns’ film is an engrossing, gripping look at one of the most crucial and eye-opening reports in US… Read More

September 5, 2019

Toronto Review: ‘You Will Die at Twenty’ is a stunning and sophisticated debut

Courtesy of TIFF Amjad Abu Alala creates one of the best, if not the best, Middle Eastern film of the… Read More

September 5, 2019

Telluride Review: Trey Edward Shults’ ‘Waves’ is an undeniable masterpiece

WAVES (photo courtesy of A24) "History never repeats itself but it rhymes." That Mark Twain quote is a wonderfully reoccurring… Read More

September 3, 2019

Review: ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ is a compassionate exploration of the human spirit

Courtesy of Roadside Attractions If I were to critique this movie in a vacuum, as if it were a film… Read More

September 2, 2019

Review: ‘Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice’ hits the perfect note

Courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment It feels like it doesn’t take much anymore to become famous. Andy Warhol would have either… Read More

September 2, 2019

Telluride Review: ‘Judy’ is Renée Zellweger in peak form

Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland in JUDY (Photo credit David Hindley/Courtesy of LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions) In Judy, Renée… Read More

August 31, 2019

Telluride Review: ‘Ford v Ferrari’ is a thrill ride with an emotional supercharge

Matt Damon and Christian Bale in Twentieth Century Fox’s FORD V FERRARI (Photo Credit: Merrick Morton TM and © 2019… Read More

August 30, 2019

Review: ‘Vita & Virginia’

Gemma Arterton and Elizabeth Debicki in VITA & VIRGINIA (photo: IFC Films) Writers love to write about writers.  It certainly… Read More

August 22, 2019

Review: Mads Brügger’s ‘Cold Case Hammarskjöld’ is a compelling whodunit

(Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures) I love a good conspiracy theory.  Don’t get me wrong, though:  not all conspiracy theories… Read More

August 14, 2019

Review: ‘This Is Not Berlin’

Xabiani Ponce de León in Hari Sama's This Is Not Berlin (Photo: Alfredo Altamirano) I’m starting to feel about coming-of-age… Read More

August 5, 2019

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