Reviews of independent cinema
OCTOBER 30, 2019 Pedro Almodóvar is back. “Pain and Glory” is the 21st film by the acclaimed Spanish writer/director who won an Oscar for writing 2002’s “Talk To Her”…
OCTOBER 15, 2019 With “Parasite,” this year’s Cannes winner of the Palme d’Or, now opening in American theaters, a significant number of U.S. moviegoers will be introduced for the…
OCTOBER 8, 2019 Bong Joon-Ho is a one-of-a-kind filmmaker. There’s not that many still left. Quentin Tarantino is one, and Robert Altman was another, filmmakers whose style is so…
AUGUST 16, 2019 One of the great ironies of Lulu Wang’s wonderful new film, “The Farewell,” is that the more specific it gets about the intricacies of Chinese family…
MAY 17, 2019 If I told you that there was a new film out there that offers a critique of the rapid changes that developing technology are having on…
MAY 14, 2019 It’s been 13 years since Kenneth Branagh, the foremost film interpreter of Shakespeare in our generation, has actually made a Shakespearean film. (That was 2006’s “As…
APRIL 9, 2019 Let’s lower expectations here. “The Mustang” is a very very good movie, but it’s a very simple movie. Directed by French actress Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, “The…
APRIL 5, 2019 It took 47 years to reach theaters, but the documentary “Amazing Grace” is sheer musical bliss. Originally shot in 1972 at a two-night recording session held…
MARCH 29, 2019 When you call a film a beautiful documentary, certain images immediately come to mind. A butterfly landing on the edge of a leaf, a tiger prowling…
MARCH 11, 2019 As one of the most respected directors working today, Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi has done many things incredibly well, but there has been one big challenge…
