Director Terence Davies Returns With the Ravishingly Beautiful “Sunset Song”
MAY 20, 2016 Coming from a place of love (I’m sure), one of the most familiar comments I hear from readers is “Why do you review so many movies…
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In “The Lobster,” If Somebody Asks You What Animal You’d Like To Be, It’s No Joke
MAY 19, 2016 When someone asks you in “The Lobster” what animal you would like to be, it’s not a frivolous question. It is deadly serious. “The Lobster” has…
Susan Sarandon Gets To Exercise Her Considerable Acting Chops in “The Meddler,” But To What End?
MAY 13, 2016 A movie with the title “The Meddler” pretty much tells you what you’re in for, and if you think you can anticipate every beat of this…
Richard Linklater’s Newest, “Everybody Wants Some!!”, Ain’t “Boyhood” But It Is Fun
MAY 12, 2016 There are several Richard Linklaters. The one that we’re probably most familiar with is the Linklater who was a staple of the red carpet circuit two…
“Dheepan” — A French “Taxi Driver” Torn From Today’s Headlines
MAY 10, 2016 Please stay with me on this one. Of all the movies currently in release, “Dheepan” may be the most torn-from-the-headlines relevant in exploring the phenomenon of…
“Viva” — A Moving Father/Son Story Set Amidst Drag Life in Havana
MAY 2, 2016 I would bet that when most people think of Irish movies, they’d either think of leprechauns in the Disney film “Darby O’Gill and the Little People”…
“Marguerite” — The Screech Heard Round the World
APRIL 21, 2016 Her name was Florence Foster Jenkins, and you’ll be hearing a lot about her this summer. Jenkins was a prominent New York socialite who had a…
Don Cheadle Displays Superb Visual Chops in His Miles Davis Bio, “Miles Ahead”
APRIL 4, 2016 It’s musical biography month, it seems, at the movies. Last week, we had Marc Abrahamson’s disappointing bio of country music legend Hank Williams in “I Saw…
Hank Williams’ Biography “I Saw the Light” Is One Big Botch From Beginning to End
MARCH 31, 2016 For lovers of movie bios of musical biographies, these two weeks look on paper like nirvana. Last Friday, two musical bios opened — Marc Abraham’s bio…
The Spirit of Irwin Allen Disaster Flicks Lives On in Norway’s “The Wave”
MARCH 14, 2016 While almost everybody likes a disaster movie — c’mon, ‘fess up, you do too — I have a particular love for for a less widely-loved sub-genre:…
