“Portrait of a Lady On Fire” Is a Stunning Gay Drama That Will Leave You Shaken
DECEMBER 31, 2019 Céline Sciamma’s exquisite drama “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” is ostensibly about the nature of art, but it is actually about the nature of love.…
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“Pain and Glory” Is Major Pedro Almodóvar With a Career-Best Performance by Antonio Banderas
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”…
“Booksmart” Is One of the Funniest Comedies in Ages and One of the Best Films of the Year
JUNE 12, 2019 There are a number of great “one last party” high school comedies. “Superbad” is a good example. “American Graffiti” is even better. Now comes Olivia Wilde’s…
“The Favourite”: A Stunning, Profane and Absolutely Hilarious Glimpse at Palace Life in the 1700s (Plus Rabbits!)
DECEMBER 13, 2018 Now to catch you up on what’s going on at the movies, here’s ECT’s guest film critic, Stefon! So, Stefon, what’s a good movie out there right…
Joel Edgerton’s “Boy Erased” Is a Powerful Look at the Horrors of Gay Conversion Therapy
NOVEMBER 29, 2018 2018 has proven to be the autumn of the troubled teen. We’ve had a parade of some of Hollywood’s hottest young actors emoting their best by…
Melissa McCarthy is Magnificent in the Slyly Heartbreaking “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
NOVEMBER 26, 2018 “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” is one of the funniest films about loneliness that I have seen in…maybe ever. It’s the early 1990s in Manhattan. The…
“Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood” Definitely Tells All and Names Names
JULY 31, 2018 One of the most welcome surprises of the summer box-office season has been the unexpected resurgence of feature documentaries. Two upbeat celebrity profiles — “RBG,” a…
“Disobedience,” Director Sebastián Lelio’s Follow-Up to “A Fantastic Woman,” Offers Another Powerful Take on Sexuality
MAY 22, 2018 Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio has had quite a year. In March, he won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film for “A Fantastic Woman,” a…
“Love, Simon” Tells a Sweet Coming Out Story, But It Might Have Been Better Without All That Sugar
APRIL 5, 2018 When I first saw the trailer for “Love, Simon,” I thought to myself that it looked like the Best Picture of 1995. In an era of…
“Angels in America” Returns to Broadway, As Powerful As Ever
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…
