Sundance Review: ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ is a haunting work that cuts right to the bone
It’s been three years since writer/director Eliza Hittman won the Sundance Film Festival’s Directing Drama Award for her excellent feature Beach Rats, and this year,... Read More
Film Reviews
Sundance Review: Justin Simien’s ‘Bad Hair’ day
At nine years old my hair was course, and considered too hard to manage. The solution was to put a Revlon super perm in my... Read More
Sundance Review: ‘Taylor Swift: Miss Americana’
When the title card for the new Netflix documentary, Miss Americana, appeared on screen at last night’s premiere, a fan broke the silence and shrieked... Read More
Film Review: ‘Dolittle’ is the year’s first Razzie contender
Dolittle is a befuddling and bewildering mess that’s barely passable for kids and nearly unwatchable for grownups. Writer/director Stephen Gaghan $175M disaster is filled with... Read More
Film Review: ‘Bad Boys for Life’ hits all the right notes
‘Bad Boys for Life’ is an explosive, thrilling slice of nostalgia that evokes memories of ‘Lethal Weapon.’ The past is fresh once again! Perhaps, but... Read More
Film Review: ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ – The Force Ghost of Banality, Now and Forever
Incestuous family. Those are the words that come to mind here for a variety of reasons. What started as a running joke about the lack... Read More
Review: 'Bombshell'
“Here’s the one thing you probably know about me. I have a big mouth,” says Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) in a freeze-frame moment—a trope that’s... Read More
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 priests in the 17th century... Read More
Review: ‘Seberg’
Jane Fonda is getting arrested every Friday for the rest of the year protesting the lack of action on climate change. She’s 81. Although there... Read More
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 if you’re not a postal... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 131 – ‘High Life’ (Claire Denis, 2019) 
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ): ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Hamnet’ Lead 
North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) Nominations 
Interview: ‘Marty Supreme’ Casting Director Jennifer Venditti on Finding 1950s Faces and the Magic of Collaborating with Josh Safdie