Review: Downsizing
Downsizing starts with a fun premise: What if you could make humans really small so our impact on the earth is also really small? It's a great jumping off point…
Review: Pitch Perfect 3
Awards season is filled with a lot of complex, thought-provoking stuff that represents your cinematic meat and potatoes, with a side of veggies. Pitch Perfect 3 is your fluffy dessert.…
Mini-Reviews: I, Tonya
Both of us chicks saw this one at Middleburg. Both of us liked it. Here are our mini-reviews: Mainstream Chick's take: The biggest surprise about I, Tonya is that it’s…
Review: The Divine Order
The Divine Order (Die göttliche Ordnung) tells the story of women’s suffrage in Switzerland. I had no idea that the women there didn’t get the right to vote until 1971.…
Review: The Disaster Artist (and The Room)
The Disaster Artist is a gift this holiday season to fans of the 2003 independent film The Room, a movie so dreadful it became known as the “Citizen Kane of…
Review: The Square
Winner of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival's Palme D'Or, The Square is a darkly funny satire set in the art world. Christian (Claes Bang) is the head curator at a…
Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a darkly funny masterpiece. Oscar nods await, no doubt. It’s the story of Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand) a mother who is righteously pissed that…
Review: Lady Bird
Both of us saw this film at The Middleburg Film Festival last month. And we're both fans. Here are our two mini-reviews, which taken together are really one entire review…
Review: Suburbicon
Clooney. Damon. Moore. The Coen Brothers. Sounds like a slam-dunk, no? Well, not quite. George Clooney's Suburbicon is entertaining, to be sure, but ultimately it can't quite seem to decide…
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Arty Chick’s Middleburg Festival Download
What a great festival! It's my first year at Middleburg, now in its 5th year, but I was truly impressed by their selections. It's a small festival, as yet pretty…
Review: Victoria & Abdul
20 years ago Judy Dench was nominated for her role as Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown, a retelling of the Queen's unconventional relationship with her Scottish groom. Victoria & Abdul…
Review: Lucky
Indie flick alert! Don't go to see Lucky expecting a real story. Not much happens in it. Go expecting a series of scenes with quirky characters saying meaningful things. And…
Review: Year by the Sea
I know there are not enough great roles for women of a certain age, but could someone please write something good for Karen Allen (Indiana Jones, Starman) to act in.…
Review: Brad’s Status
I lie in bed and overthink everything in my life on a regular basis, but I don't think everyone needs to hear about it. Writer/director Mike White (School of Rock,…
Review: Home Again
No harm, no foul. Sweet Home Alabama – um, I mean, Home Again, is light and fluffy, formulaic, predictable, enjoyable and forgettable. And it serves as a pleasant alternative at…