Five Terrific Films To See in September
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 Can you believe we’re already halfway through September? Kids are back in school, and at the movies, the summer blockbusters are taking their final bows before…
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 Can you believe we’re already halfway through September? Kids are back in school, and at the movies, the summer blockbusters are taking their final bows before…
JANUARY 20, 2021 When “The Prom” first opened on Broadway in 2018 with little advance ticket sales and stars who were hardly household names, the show was referred to…
JANUARY 19, 2021 Unlike the race for Best International Film, where many of the leading contenders are difficult to locate and screen, the nomination contest for Best Documentary Feature…
DECEMBER 21, 2020 On paper, it seemed like a slam dunk. “Hillbilly Elegy,” the memoir by J.D. Vance that became one of the best-selling books of 2016, was finally…
OCTOBER 17, 2020 Even though the the cupboard has been pretty bare for those movie theaters that are currently open, it’s still a hot weekend for movies as film…
OCTOBER 1, 2020 One of the great ad lines from the 1970s was the poster for William Friedkin’s film version of the landmark play which proudly touted that “‘The…
APRIL 10, 2020 If there was any doubt that Netflix’s runaway hit documentary “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness,” would become a cultural touchstone, that question was answered a…
DECEMBER 23, 2019 Watching Eddie Murphy’s brilliant hosting job this past weekend on “Saturday Night Live,” I was reminded his great return to movies this fall in the comedy…
DECEMBER 21, 2019 I love “What if?” movies. Quentin Tarantino has been dealing with revising history in “Inglorious Basterds” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” and the results…
DECEMBER 9, 2019 Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” begins with the voice of Charlie Barber (Adam Driver) extolling the many reasons why she loves his wife Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) —…