Did the Last 12 Days Just Win Hillary Clinton the Election?
OCTOBER 26, 2015 It’s January 20, 2017, and if it is Hillary Clinton standing on that podium about to take the Presidential oath of office, historians will likely look…
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Netflix Tries To Crash the Oscar Race With the Brutal and Haunting “Beasts of No Nation”
OCTOBER 22, 2015 Netflix’s new theatrical release “Beasts of No Nation” is a game-changer — not necessarily in the content or execution of the film itself, but in how…
Joe Says No
OCTOBER 21, 2015 This afternoon in the White House Rose Garden, Vice-President Joe Biden announced that time had run out for him to mount a credible campaign and that…
Guillermo del Toro’s Creepy “Crimson Peak” is Absolutely Gorgeous and Just Nuts
OCTOBER 20, 2015 In Mexican cinema circles, they are known as “The Three Amigos.” Alfonso Cuaron, Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Guillermo del Toro came up together in the Mexican…
“The Walk” in 3D — 90 Minutes of Routine Drama, Then Pow!
OCTOBER 19, 2015 I was living in New York in 1974 when Philippe Petit made his famous walk on a wire between the two towers of the then-new World…
Best Actor — Ten Performances To Put On Your Oscar Radar
OCTOBER 16, 2015 In my first two Oscar columns, I highlighted 16 films that currently stand the best chance of making that potential 10-film cut for Best Picture. Happily,…
The Nobel Peace Prize-Winner Deserves a Better Documentary Than “He Named Me Malala”
OCTOBER 15, 2015 There’s a legend of an Afghani hero in 1880 named Malala. In the Battle of Maiwand against the English invaders, the Afghanis began to lose heart…
The Democratic Debate — Round 1: What Happened in Vegas…
OCTOBER 14, 2015 Photo: REUTERS On Tuesday night, it was the Democrats’ turn. After two highly-watched debates among the GOP contenders, the five Democratic candidates met last night onstage…
Still Luminous, Gong Li Is Reunited with Director Zhang Yimou in the Heartbreaking “Coming Home”
OCTOBER 13, 2015 Melodrama has become quite a dirty word in film criticism circles. If a film is “melodramatic,” that usually translates into “wrenching tears for the cheapest possible…
Johnny Depp Gives a Steely Performance in the Otherwise Forgettable “Black Mass”
OCTOBER 9, 2015 As a transplant from New England to Southern California, I was stunned in 2011 when I heard that James (don’t call him Whitey) Bulger, the legendary…
