Review: ‘The Father’Anthony Hopkins And Olivia Colman Give Heartbreaking Performances In Florian Zeller's Stagy...
Considering the rave Sundance reviews for Anthony Hopkins' heartbreaking performance in Florian Zeller's The Father, it's almost unfathomable we've been waiting a full year...
Review: ‘The United States Vs. Billie Holiday’Andra Day Soars, But Lee Daniels' Film Is...
Lee Daniels' The United States vs. Billie Holiday fits into a surge of films about Black activism in the pursuit of equal rights. While...
Review: ‘Nomadland’Frances McDormand Delivers A Career Best Performance In Chloe Zhao's Enormous, Powerful Road...
*NOTE: This is a reprint of my review from the Middleburg Film Festival.*
There are a lot of deep silences in Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland. Oftentimes they’re...
Review: ‘Silk Road’Jason Clarke Tracks Down A Digital Drug Kingpin In Tiller Russell's Cat...
In 2013, reclusive Dark Web pioneer Ross Ulbricht was arrested by the feds for creating what he called the Silk Road. While the name...
Review: ‘Body Brokers’Michael K. Williams, Frank Grillo, And Jack Kilmer Lead An Unfocused But...
There are a number of movies about the current drug crisis, told in the context of the failed war on drugs. It's amazing to...
Review: ‘Willy’s Wonderland’Nicolas Cage Is A Silent Assassin Of Evil Animatronic Puppets
Nicolas Cage vs. evil animatronic monsters? The idea practically writes itself, and thankfully for Willy's Wonderland it appears that no script got in the...
Review: ‘To All The Boys: Always And Forever’Lara Jean And Peter Face An Uncertain...
Oh, Peter. You've finally found a rival for Lara Jean's heart that you can't simply out-smile or out-charm into defeat. Netflix's adaptations of Jenny...
Review: ‘The Mauritanian’A Soulful Tahar Rahim Elevates Kevin Macdonald's Workmanlike Gitmo Political Thriller
Kevin Macdonald's The Mauritanian is the type of serious-minded, conscientious, politically relevant drama that you hope soars, because it's the only way people will...
Review: ‘Malcolm & Marie’John David Washington And Zendaya Are As Electifying As They Are...
Words can hit harder than any fist. In Sam Levinson's Malcolm & Marie, a couple, played by Tenet star John David Washington and recent...
Review: ‘Little Fish’Olivia Cooke And Jack O'Connell Try To Find Their Own Eternal Sunshine...
Little Fish, the thought-provoking, poetic sci-fi love story from director Chad Hartigan, is a pandemic movie that isn't about the pandemic. Thank goodness. There...