London Film Festival Review: ‘The House of Us’ is an utter delight
It’s no wonder kids find us adults so baffling so much of the time. After all, even us curmudgeonly critics once were children, accepting the... Read More
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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
TV Recap: ‘Succession’ Season Two Episode Nine – “D.C.”
The walls are beginning to close in on Logan Roy and with the prospects of a congressional hearing on the horizon (in regards to that... Read More
Review: Todd Phillips’ ‘Joker’ is dark, gritty and fearless; Phoenix is mesmerizing
First things first, put aside all your comic book hero expectations. DC’s Joker is one of the most famous icons, villains of all time. We’ve... Read More
TV Recap: ‘Succession’ Season Two Episode Eight – “Dundee”
It looks the Roy’s are trying to avoid reality (you know that whole cruise scandal) by going as far away from as possible from home.... Read More
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
TV Recap: ‘Succession’ Season Two Episode Seven – “Return”
Now that the Pierce deal is dead, the Roys are left scrambling to save their company at any cost. Logan and the family spend most... Read More
Review: ‘Ad Astra’ is a profound examination of the question of one’s own existence
Brad Pitt Ventures into Space in James Gray’s Beautifully Intimate Astronaut Drama Ad Astra is a strange case of a film. By all accounts, this... Read More
Review: The outrageously funny ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ is a career comeback showcase for Eddie Murphy
Four of the last ten Best Picture Oscar winners have been about artists, performers or Hollywood in some shape or form. Artists love to bask... Read More
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