Review: ‘Saltburn’Emerald Fennell's Stylish, Kinky Aristocratic Thriller Ensares You In Its Web
If Cruel Intentions and Brideshead Revisited were burned to ashes then laced with acid and smoked, you’d get the sensation of Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman follow-up, Saltburn. A constantly-shocking look...
Review: ‘Monster’Hirokazu Kore-eda's Intriguing Mother-Son Mystery And Sweet Coming-Of-Age Tale Demands You Keep An...
If there's a universal truth about the films of Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, it's that nothing is ever quite as it seems. The complicated...
Review: ‘Frybread Face And Me’Taika Waititi-Produced Coming Of Age Story Is A Quiet Reflection...
Note: This review was part of our 2023 Middleburg Film Festival Coverage
In the semi-biographical coming-of-age film, Frybread Face and Me, a young man encounters...
Review: ‘Maestro’Bradley Cooper Commits Everything In Heart-Swelling, Flawed Leonard Bernstein Biopic
Are movies about flawed musical conductors the critical equivalent of studio blockbusters about dinosaurs? Following last year's Tár which starred Cate Blanchett as a conductor...
‘Flora And Son’ Interviews: Eve Hewson And Joseph Gordon-Levitt Find Harmony In John Carney’s...
To star in a movie by beloved filmmaker John Carney is to confront a certain amount of fear. Carney isn't just another director; his...
Review: ‘Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure Of Foggy Mountain’An Absurd Comedy That's The Feature...
John (John Higgins), Martin (Martin Herlihy), and Ben (Ben Marshall) have been best friends forever in Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure Of Foggy Mountain....
Review: ‘Napoleon’Joaquin Phoenix Commands Laughter In Ridley Scott's Brutally Uneven Historical Biopic
There seems to be a movement by filmmakers of a certain vintage to reintroduce the classic Hollywood epic, historical biopics (always about powerful, flawed...
Review: ‘Dream Scenario’Nicolas Cage Is On Everyone's Minds In A Strange, Nightmare Dark Comedy
The funny thing about Nicolas Cage is that at this stage of his career, after many strange, off-the-wall performances in bizarre movies, he’s kinda...
Review: ‘Thanksgiving’Eli Roth Serves Up A Gory New Turkey Day Cult Classic
Wedged unfortunately between Halloween and Christmas, Thanksgiving always gets the short end of the holiday movie stick. Eli Roth has long sought to change...
Review: ‘Next Goal Wins’Taika Waititi's Silly, Good-Hearted Soccer Comedy Scores When It Counts
Taika Waititi's unique brand of humor has elevated him from relative obscurity to directing a pair of hit Marvel films, becoming a popular favorite...