James Gray’s love letter to his childhood is a sad and sometimes overbearing one. “Armageddon Time” is inspired by writer/director James Gray’s own childhood in Queens, New York, and when I attended […]
Armageddon Time
Raymond & Ray
Half-brother story is strong in emotions, but weak in execution. In “Raymond & Ray,” Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke play half-brothers, who reunite for the funeral of their abusive father, whose dying […]
Call Jane
See how Elizabeth Banks joins the Jane Collective. In the breezy drama “Call Jane,” Elizabeth Banks stars as a traditional Chicago housewife named Joy in 1969, whose pregnancy threatens to give her […]
The Banshees of Inisherin
A wickedly funny and powerful movie about an old man who wants to be left alone. Writer/director Martin McDonagh has previously guided Colin Farrell and Brendon Gleeson in his feature-length debut of […]
The School for Good and Evil
I give this magical assignment a “C.” “The School for Good and Evil” is another “Harry Potter” ripoff based on Soman Chainani’s novel about a magic school with good and evil classes. […]
Tar
Todd Field’s return to cinemas hits all the right notes. Cate Blanchett gives us one of her best (Oscar-caliber) performances as a conductor of a German orchestra, who has been labeled “one […]
Till
Danielle Deadwyler fights the power in more ways than you know. “Till” is the true story about how a 14-year-old African American boy named Emmett Till was murdered by white people, after […]
To Leslie
A knock-out performance from Andrea Riseborough that keeps you clean and sober. Andrea Riseborough gives her best performance since “Disconnect” in “To Leslie,” and both these films are small independent features with […]
Triangle of Sadness
A luxury cruise gone horribly wrong in comical ways. When “Triangle of Sadness” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last summer, it received a standing ovation from the audience, while informing us […]
Luckiest Girl Alive
If Mila Kunis doesn’t confront her past, she won’t have a future. Mila Kunis plays Ani FaNelli, a successful magazine editor in New York, who’s poised to getting the job of her […]
