London Film Festival Review: The arresting and experimental ‘Krabi, 2562’
An insider’s view of her home country intertwines with an outsider’s view in Krabi, 2562, an accessible experimental work from Anocha Suwichakornpong and Ben Rivers. She brings... Read More
Film Festivals
Review: In ‘The Irishman,’ Scorsese’s mobsters age, facing their own mortality
Legends reunite in Martin Scorsese’s sprawling gangster epic featuring a rousing performance by Al Pacino and a scene-stealing Joe Pesci playing against type An epic... Read More
LFF Review: Alfre Woodard is mesmerizing in ‘Clemency’
A stark, sombre drama with barely a second’s worth of levity, Chinonye Chukwu’s Clemency is heavy, punishing stuff. It courts the kind of emotional extremes... Read More
LFF Review: The fascinating, abstract ‘Monos’ marvels as much as it confounds
There are monsters, and then there are monsters! Here, on this fertile, bounteous planet, the monsters take a combative stance against the earth that gave... Read More
Telluride Review: Trey Edward Shults’ ‘Waves’ is an undeniable masterpiece
“History never repeats itself but it rhymes.” That Mark Twain quote is a wonderfully reoccurring motif that pops up in Waves, the third film from... Read More
Telluride Review: ‘Judy’ is Renée Zellweger in peak form
In Judy, Renée Zellweger is at the top of her game playing a Hollywood legend at the bottom of hers Biopics of legendary figures almost... Read More
Telluride Review: ‘Ford v Ferrari’ is a thrill ride with an emotional supercharge
James Mangold’s thrilling race car drama stars Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as Ken Miles, two racing legends at the center of... Read More
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 them. Funnier still how that tendency barely seems to dwindle... Read More
Review: Jennifer Kent’s brutal but brilliant ‘The Nightingale’
The early career path of a breakthrough filmmaker can be a treacherous one. Respond to Hollywood’s call and you risk selling out; pursue an independent... Read More
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 Night might have come and gone without a trace. It was... Read More
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