VINCE GIORDANO: THERE’S A FUTURE IN THE PAST
If you are already a fan of Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks like me, you’ll need no urging to see this new documentary by Dave Davidson and Amber Edwards. It opens at the Cinema Village in Manhattan today. For…
PATRIOTS DAY: SUSPENSE AND TEARS IN EQUAL MEASURE
Patriots Day is a compelling dramatization of events surrounding the Jihadist-inspired bombing of innocent people at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in 2013. Since we know the broad details of the story and its aftermath, it is…
SCORSESE’S ‘SILENCE’ IS GOLDEN
I would not normally rush to see a film about Portuguese priests on a mission to 16th century Japan. But Silence is the work of a master, Martin Scorsese, who has labored to bring Shusaku Endo’s acclaimed novel to…
‘LIVE BY NIGHT’: A MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT
I had high hopes for Live by Night, Ben Affleck’s latest effort as director, writer, and star. I’m a great admirer of his previous films (Gone Baby Gone, The Town, and Argo) but this one falls short, I’m sorry…
