An international family drama finds a warm home on Netflix Try not to get confused when you see the titles “Tiger King” and “Tigertail” on Netflix. The former is a docuseries about […]
Tigertail
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
A healthy coming-of-age drama with some fresh new talents. I was supposed to be reviewing “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” last March, but because of this Corona nightmare, I had to wait either until […]
Spike Jonze’s Directorial Masterpieces
4 Great Films from “Being John Malkovich” to “Her.” Spike Jonze began his filming career with skating videos and music videos, before he went on to be an acclaimed filmmaker. And being […]
Saint Frances
An honest comedy complete with religion, abortions, babysitting, lesbianism, and choices. We meet Kelly O’Sullivan as the writer of “Saint Frances” and the actress portraying Bridget, a mid-30s woman, who finds herself […]
Resistance
Jesse Eisenberg is winning as the WWII heroic actor. In a vein of “Schindler’s List” and “Life is Beautiful,” “Resistance” is a WWII movie that’s based on the true story of how […]
Delicatessen, The City Lost Children, and Amelie
French cinema at its goofiest and dazzling level. I really passion the bizarre and wacky humor and visual world of director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, a French filmmaker, who provides us some of the […]
Braveheart
The film that gave Mel Gibson 2 Oscars turns 25 “Braveheart” would have its 25th anniversary showing in theaters, if not for the coronavirus closing them down, but still we should honor […]
Cotton Club, 1900, Night Moves, MacBeth, Marvin Gardens, and Miami Blues
Polanksi, De Niro, Coppola, Baldwin, Nicholson, and Hackman-all part of some past selections. A friend of mine has loaned me some of his DVDs from his collection, and given our Coronavirus nightmare […]
The Banker
Give it up for Anthony Mackie and Samuel L. Jackson as the bankers who helped changed the rules. When you see recent period movies about African-Americans breaking all the rules, like in […]
Big Time Adolescence
A coming-of-age Hulu comedy about a good kid under bad influences. In “Big Time Adolescence,” we meet a high school kid named Mo Harris (Griffin Gluck) hanging out with his best friend-the […]
