A likable (if not perfect) Almodovar film in English. Pedro Almodovar’s English language short films were “The Human Voice” and “Strange Way of Life,” and his English language feature debut is “The […]
The Room Next Door
The Brutalist
A powerful and riveting odyssey on the American Dream. “The Brutalist” is over three hours and plays like a classic film with an overture, a 15 minute intermission, and an epilogue. And […]
Mufasa: The Lion King
Hakuna Matata. This prequel is better than the last time. 30 years have passed and Disney’s 1994 animated musical “The Lion King” is still roaring strong with fans. And the loss of […]
A Complete Unknown
Timothee Chalamet’s portrayal of Bob Dylan makes this film another love letter to the singer. Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Marcus Carl Franklin, Ben Whishaw, and the late Heath Ledger have […]
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Not really my precious. “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” is the first theatrical animated LOTR movie since Ralph Bakshi’s take in 1978. Only it’s made by Japanese […]
Nickel Boys
A poetic film about an innocent African-American boy in a terrible reform school The time is the 60s in Jim Crow era Florida, and an African American boy has the opportunity to […]
All We Imagine as Light
Two nurses you want to get to know. “All We Imagine as Light” is a complicated Indian drama about characters with complicated issues, all spoken in Hindi, Malayalam, and Marathi. And yet, […]
Oh, Canada
Not one of my favorite Paul Schrader films. At a special screening of “Oh, Canada,” Paul Schrader was asked about how he views his movies as a former film critic. He said […]
Hard Truths
Mike Leigh’s tale of Yin and Yang sisters played memorably by two of his “Secrets & Lies” stars. Here’s how “Hard Truths” sets us in as we sit in the theater and […]
The Order
An entertaining cat and mouse game between the law and the neo-Nazi group. With movies like “Heat” or “Hell or High Water,” we get riveting perspectives from both the bank robbers and […]
