MARCH 29, 2018 After creating two of the most challenging films in the past four years about African-American history, Ava DuVernay would seem to be able to direct almost…
MARCH 27, 2018 Photo: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times If you weren’t around in 1993, it’s hard to describe the thunderclap that occurred when Tony Kushner’s two-part play, “Angels…
MARCH 26, 2018 “Annihilation” has almost everything. The film adaptation of the first novel in Jeff VanderMeer’s best-selling “Southern Reach Trilogy,” “Annihilation” has received terrific notices (currently 88% favorable…
MARCH 15, 2018 I know that I swore that I had closed the door on 2017. But in the words of former Presidential confidante Hope Hicks, that was a…
MARCH 13, 2018 Among the many wonderful things about Ryan Coogler’s latest film, “Black Panther,” is that the director doesn’t approach it as a superhero movie. It’s as if…
MARCH 8, 2018 2017? Wasn’t that…months ago? Talk about coming late to the party. OK, most critics have submitted their Ten Best lists some time ago, but sometimes it’s…
MARCH 5, 2018 Photo: Reuters Let’s all take a deep breath. It’s over. The Trump Administration? Not yet. I’m talking about an extra-long (delayed by the Winter Olympics) Oscar…
