A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
This is the first big, bold, beautiful film of the year (that I have seen anyway.) It's a thoroughly odd romantic fantasy set in a surreal world from Kogonada, the…
Death of a Ladies’ Man
Gabriel Byrne stars as Samuel O'Shea, an aging poetry professor and ladies' man who finds himself adrift, first by discovering his much younger wife in their bed with her lover,…
Waltzing with Brando
Based on true events, Waltzing with Brando tells the story of young architect Bernard Judge’s (John Heder, Napoleon Dynamite) relationship with the iconic star, as he tries to build his…
Quickie review: The Thursday Murder Club
Sometimes Netflix has just what you need for a night in! This adaptation of Richard Osman's bestselling mystery is the perfect flick to take your mind off the crazy world…
Highest to Lowest
This film marks Denzel Washington's and Spike Lee's fifth collaboration. They've done some of their best work together, and though it's been 19 years since they were on opposite sides…
Drowning Dry (Seses)
In this Latvian-Lithuanian film, two couples and their kids head to a cabin in the country following a mixed martial arts fight where one of the dads, Lukas (Paulius Markevičius),…
Shoshana
Director Michael Winterbottom (The Wedding Guest, The Trip series) centers his "based on a true story" film on Shoshana Borochov (Irina Starshenbaum), a Russian-Jewish woman living in British Mandate Palestine…
Eddington
Writer-Director Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) has a penchant for making his audiences uncomfortable. And that's pretty much what he does for about two and half hours with his latest film…
Materialists
From the trailer and publicity around this film, you might think it's your classic chick flick. But you'd be wrong. Written and directed by Academy Award nominee Celine Song (Past…
The New Boy
I watched this film just after reading Cate Blanchett's statement that she is quitting movies. I hope she reconsiders and just takes a healthy pause, since she is such a…
Bonjour Tristesse
Set in a beautiful corner of the French Riviera, this coming-of-age drama centers on Cécile (Lily McInerny) a young woman spending the summer with her widowed father Raymond (Claes Bang)…
Art for Everybody
The name Thomas Kinkade was familiar to me, though I'd have had a hard time saying who he was prior to watching this documentary. If you were around during the…
The Friend
I am a big dog lover! And when I saw the trailer for this flick, I knew I had to watch it. The catalyst for the whole story is a…
There’s Still Tomorrow (C’è ancora domani)
Written and directed by and starring Paola Cortellesi, There's Still Tomorrow is a feminist dramedy that outperformed Barbie in Italy! Set in post-WWII Rome, it tells the story of Delia, a…
My Dead Friend Zoe
This unusual buddy dramedy tells a surprisingly effective veteran story. In it Merit (Sonequa Martin-Green) who served in the army in Afghanistan is still intimately connected with her fellow soldier…