‘DOWNSIZING’ OFFERS BIG REWARDS
Downsizing is one of my favorite films this year. I am an unabashed admirer of Alexander Payne and his writing partner Jim Taylor, because they deal in a commodity that’s all too rare: social satire. They have taken a bold…
PHANTOM THREAD: AN ODD PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR
This is a very strange movie, as one might intuit from its odd title. Paul Thomas Anderson is nothing if not unpredictable, and his latest effort bears no obvious resemblance to his other work except for his keen interest…
THE POST: START THE PRESSES!
There is never a bad time to be reminded of the importance of a free press, but Steven Spielberg has seized this moment and made it count in The Post. Older moviegoers will remember the saga of the notorious Pentagon…
