AVATAR: ON THE CUTTING…
I surrender. It’s easy to poke holes in James Cameron’s films because of awkward dialogue or glib characterizations or…
ALL HAIL ‘THE DUKE’
If the rampant bloodiness of The Northman and the hyperkineticism of Everything Everywhere All At Once don’t strike your fancy you would do…
‘ALLIED’: TRUE-BLUE HOLLYWOOD STORYTELLING
I wish there was another way to say “old-fashioned” and not make it seem like a putdown. I faced…
ARRIVAL: A PUZZLE WORTH…
A movie doesn’t have to spell everything out for me if I get a sense that the filmmaker is…
‘CHRISTINE’ IS SPINE-TINGLINGLY GOOD
Rebecca Hall is one of the best actresses working today, a woman of great versatility and command of the…
‘CERTAIN WOMEN’ STAYS WITH…
It requires patience to watch Kelly Reichardt’s deliberately slow-moving films but when they are as good as Old Joy,…
‘TOWER’ IS A MUST-SEE…
Tower is one of the most original and effective documentaries I have ever seen. It even takes the now-familiar…
