Just one year ago, the century-long tradition of watching new films in theaters appeared to be in seriously dangerous trouble. Half-measure attempts to reopen theaters amidst the ongoing surges in COVID-19 cases kept a lot of people at home during…
Sundance 2022: ‘After Yang’ infuses Kogonada’s minimalist melancholy with futilistic futurism
Directed by Kogonada (Columbus), After Yang stars Colin Farrell, Jodie-Turner Smith, Haley Lu Richardson, and Justin H. Min. It’s part of the Spotlight features at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. After Yang comes into the picture about as quietly and…
Dumbo Movie Review: Reimagining of Flying Pachyderm Has The Airtime
As the Disney monolith becomes increasingly diabolical in its attempt to chemically engineer every release for maximum emotional — and monetary — investment, a Tim Burton remake of Dumbo seems like a no-brainer. What could possibly be a better fit…
New Trailer For Steve McQueen’s ‘Widows’
Summer’s almost over and the fall festival season is shaping up to have some major contenders for the title of Best Movie of 2018. But in case the world has gone dizzy from the line-ups at Toronto International Film Festival…
Movie Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer
I desperately want to love Yorgos Lanthimos’ films. His caustic, often disturbing style shows shades of Stanley Kubrick a la A Clockwork Orange and the best moments of both The Lobster and The Killing of A Sacred Deer are flat…
Movie Review: The Beguiled
When Clint Eastwood starred in the 1971 Don Siegel drama The Beguiled it was a means of changing up his persona, showing that the action hero could play a leading man who literally drives women to madness. The film is…
Movie Review: The Beguiled
When Clint Eastwood starred in the 1971 Don Siegel drama The Beguiled it was a means of changing up his persona, showing that the action hero could play a leading man who literally drives women to madness. The film is…