Let’s see how Baumbach, Driver, and Gerwig handle their fears of death. Noah Baumbach reunites with his fellow stars Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig for “White Noise,” a movie with various genres […]
White Noise
The Son
Florian Zeller’s follow-up is too cynical and negative to handle its problems. Mental illness is no laughing matter. People stricken with it can either destroy themselves or clean themselves. And I’m not […]
Devotion
Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell both earn their wings. Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell both have a fascinating connection in this Korean War movie called “Devotion.” It opens with the reminder that […]
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
One of the rare sequels to be as fresh as the original. I’ve seen both “Knives Out” movies at the Chicago International Film Festival, and I loved both of them. Each one, […]
The Fabelmans
A Spielberg triumph in every way. The humble beginnings for how Steven Spielberg developed a passion for filmmaking includes him filming a train crash with his Lionel train set, and made some […]
She Said
The emotional (it not perfect) biopic about how The New York Times exposed this horrible monster. What Harvey Weinstein did to a number of women is so disgusting that he deserves the […]
The Inspection
How this gay Marine survives training is more exhilarating than its short time length. “The Inspection” is based on the true story about how writer/director Elegance Bratton was kicked out of his […]
Bones and All
Luca Guadagnino’s cannibal love story bites to the bone. I’ve never seen a trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s “Bones and All,” as a mechanism my late grandfather did, and I was trying to […]
Aftersun
A father-daughter relationship that deserves to be called “heartbreaking and poignant.” Underneath its melancholy tone, “Aftersun” is a movie that can’t speak its mind, but can be poignant in its story about […]
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
A worthy sequel that honors the late king of Wakanda. The death of Chadwick Boseman has not gone without a whimper, as his legacy portraying Black Panther, Jackie Robinson, James Brown, and […]
