Reviews of independent cinema
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 “What is life worth?” It’s a provocative question that begins (and continues throughout) “Worth,” director Sara Colangelo’s new film (now steaming on Netflix), which is set…
AUGUST 13, 2021 There are some films that, after the final credits roll, you are anxious to talk about it over coffee with your friends. However, when you see…
AUGUST 6, 2021 In a career that has thrived over half a century and is highlighted by over 150 film appearances, German actor Udo Kier has landed the role…
NOVEMBER 27, 2020 Thirteen years after his most recent film, 2007’s “Towelhead,” Alan Ball returns to feature filmmaking with “Uncle Frank,” a comedy/drama which, like most of his work,…
NOVEMBER 3, 2020 Please allow me to whine for a moment. Last winter, when “David Byrne’s American Utopia” was selling out on Broadway at the Hudson Theater, I vowed…
OCTOBER 29, 2020 Photo: Joan Marcus You can’t say that director Marielle Heller shies away from a challenge. After her acclaimed directing debut, 2015’s “Diary of a Teenage Girl,”…
OCTOBER 17, 2020 Even though the the cupboard has been pretty bare for those movie theaters that are currently open, it’s still a hot weekend for movies as film…
OCTOBER 1, 2020 One of the great ad lines from the 1970s was the poster for William Friedkin’s film version of the landmark play which proudly touted that “‘The…
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 It’s all about the power of the image. Filmmaker Dawn Porter, who has already produced the year’s best political documentary with “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” has…
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 I never thought that I would be reviewing a movie called “An American Pickle,” but here we are. What’s even more surprising is that the film,…
