Movie Reviews: Five Terrific Films To See in July
JULY 8, 2021 In what is the first in a series of planned monthly articles focusing the best films ready for your enjoyment, I’ll zero in on what’s showing…
Foreign Films
The 10 Best Films of 2020 (and 10 Terrific Runners-Up!) – Part 1
APRIL 6, 2021 When the expected big guns of the 2020 Oscar race (“Dune,” “The French Dispatch,” & “West Side Story,” just to name a few) were hustled off…
“Parasite” Upends the Oscar Ceremony, Winning 4 Key Categories, As Phoenix, Zellweger, Pitt and Dern Triumph As Expected
FEBRUARY 10, 2020 Photo: Getty Images Well, that was one for the ages. Sunday night’s telecast of the 92nd Annual Academy Awards was, to my mind, the best in…
“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.…
Is Makota Shinkai the New Future of Japanese Animation? With His Latest, “Weathering With You,” All Signs Indicate Yes
DECEMBER 3, 2019 Though animation fans certainly know the work of the great Japanese animator Hiyao Miyazaki and his famed workplace Studio Ghibli from such films as the Oscar-winning…
“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”…
Bong-101: Get To Know Bong Joon-ho
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…
“Parasite” Is a Masterpiece and the Best Picture of the Year So Far
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…
Olivier Assayas’ “Non-Fiction” Is an Insightful Look at Our Fear of Change Dressed Up as a French Sex Comedy
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…
In “Everybody Knows,” Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem Are Still the Hottest Couple in Movies, But Does Their Casting Work Against Them?
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…
