“The Red Turtle” — The Best New Animated Film You’ve Never Heard Of
MARCH 2, 2017 It’s only eight weeks into the New Year, and we’ve got our second A-minus film already. I have a good feeling that 2017 is going to…
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But He Sounded So Presidential…
MARCH 1, 2017 Photo: Getty I’d like to talk a little bit about wrapping paper. Are you one of those people, like me, who have a wide array of…
Asghar Farhadi’s “The Salesman” is the Year’s First Great Film
FEBRUARY 28, 2017 It’s only the end of February, and we’ve got our first great film of 2017. If you watched that chaotic Academy Awards on Sunday night, there…
Chaos at the Oscars, With Lots of Comedy and a Touch of Class
FEBRUARY 27, 2017 Photo: Washington Post Well….that was different. Oscar history was made on the stage of the Dolby Theater on Sunday night but for all the wrong reasons. …
My Guaranteed Office-Pool-Winning, Don’t-Sue-Me-If-I’m-Wrong Oscar Predictions
FEBRUARY 23, 2017 Photo: ABC This is the column I have most dreaded to write all year and the one I’ll most regret re-reading on Monday morning. Exact Change Today…
M. Night Shyamalan Is Back with the Box-Office Hit “Split”
FEBRUARY 21, 2017 It’s early in 2017, but we’ve already got a box-office story, and that story is “Split.’ January releases are usually dismissed to the trash heap as…
The Civil Rights Struggle As Told Through the Voice of James Baldwin in the Bracing “I Am Not Your Negro”
FEBRUARY 15, 2017 I envy any moviegoer who sees writer James Baldwin on screen for the very first time. The esteemed writer had a presence when speaking before a…
The 10 Best Films of 2016
FEBRUARY 13, 2017 All right, I know we’re well into 2017, but sometimes it takes a while for ALL of the 2016 films to reach us here in the…
Oscar Front-Runner “Toni Erdmann” — Can Buck Teeth and a Fright Wig Bring a Family Together?
FEBRUARY 9, 2017 It’s the current favorite to win the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Interested? Good. It’s from Germany. Still fine? It’s a comedy. Wait a minute. A…
In “20th Century Women,” Mike Mills Writes Great Characters But Doesn’t Know What to Do With Them
FEBRUARY 7, 2017 It’s a dictum heard in creative writing classes around the world. Whenever an aspiring writer asks “What should I write about?” the answer is always the…
