Film Review: ‘The Whistlers’ kinda blows
The Whistlers, a crime drama from Romanian writer/director Corneliu Porumboiu, is very familiar in a lot of ways. Our hero, Cristi, played by Vlad Ivanov,... Read More
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TV Recap: ‘Dispatches from Elsewhere’ Season 1 Episodes 1 and 2 — “Peter” and “Simone”
AMC’s Jason Segel-created Dispatches from Elsewhere opens on the face of Richard E. Grant, sitting with a faded orange background behind him. Grant, playing Octavio,... Read More
Berlin Review: ‘First Cow,’ Kelly Reichardt returns to Oregon for a ruminative tale of the American Frontier
“The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship”: A famous proverb from the pen of Romanticist poet William Blake. His philosophical implication here,... Read More
Berlin Review: Despite a deft all-star cast ‘The Roads Not Taken’ is a wrong turn
In Sally Potter’s reality-hopping drama The Roads Not Taken, all the staples of prestige awards-courting Hollywood are present for better or worse. Pushed by big... Read More
Film Review: ‘The Invisible Man’ is a scary sight for sore eyes
A million You Go Girl memes were born the day Peggy Olson strutted cigarette in mouth, dead plant in hand, out of that advertising office... Read More
Film Review: ‘Wendy’ is a fantastical tribute to childhood
The words “re-interpretation” or “re-imagining” are often overused in Hollywood. They usually signal that a film is devoid of original ideas and is simply dressing... Read More
Film Review: Humor and heart prevail in ‘Onward’
Onward is the perfect mix of humor and heart. It’s a tale of legacy and rediscovering the magic which binds families together. For a movie that... Read More
Film Review: ‘Color Out of Space’ – Something Nicolas this way comes
Nicolas Cage gives another deliciously over-the-top performance in Richard Stanley’s new hallucinatory horror Based on what H.P. Lovecraft considered among his finest short stories, Color... Read More
Film Review: ‘Emma.’ Period. End of Sentence.
The character of Jane Austen’s Emma has always been a bit of a pain in the bum. She’s a bored rich girl who can’t stop... Read More
Film Review: ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ grabs all the gold rings
Sonic The Hedgehog opens up in theaters this weekend and has the gigantic task of escaping the doomed past of previous video game adaptations. Paramount... Read More
The Oscars Set March Dates for 99th and 100th Academy Awards 
Critics Choice Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television Honorees: Hannah Einbinder, Dan Levy, Bre-Z, ‘Heated Rivalry’ Creator Jacob Tierney and More 
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