I’m not too familiar with how the ways of life a Jewish community has to follow, but it doesn’t hurt for me to see “Disobedience,” and learn about its characters. The film […]
Disobedience
Tully
My mother has told me funny stories about how she had me and my sister as babies. She ate Oreos when I couldn’t go to sleep, and I remember knocking over a […]
Lean on Pete
In the month of April, I was given two touching films about boys and their horses. “The Rider” is about an ex-rodeo star, struggling to overcome a near-fatal head injury, while losing […]
The Rider
No Movie Stars Were Used in the Making of this Film “The Rider” is a drama with no big movie star names, but an actual family playing different people. They include Brady, […]
Beirut
Written by Tony Gilroy of “Bourne” fame, “Beirut” is not a masterpiece that I would see again and again. My problem with the movie is how convoluted the story gets, and how […]
You Were Never Really Here
Let’s take a break from the whole Ad game a bit, and check out “Your Were Never Really Here,” a bold, thrilling, and visionary drama about a hitman with a troubled past, […]
Chappaquiddick
These days, some political dramas don’t really need Oliver Stone or Steven Spielberg to retell the truth about corruption in the past. We can sometimes rely on other filmmakers or Indie distributors […]
A Quiet Place
There’s a certain type of movie-goers I’d like to define, based on box office results, and that type is what I always call: Horror Moths. Mostly for jump scares (the ones I’ve […]
Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson is a master storyteller, and I told him that years ago at a Times Talks program, and when it comes to animation, he delights us with his visions, quirkiness, and […]
Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 mystery thriller “Vertigo” has it all-fears, romance, lies, twists, obsession, and temptations. I’ve watched it for the first time, as part of its 60th Anniversary, and I was amazed […]
