A repeat of dazzling colors and a complex alien battle. “All You Need is Kill” is the second exciting attempt to adapt the Japanese novel into a feature film after the Tom […]
All You Need is Kill
A Private Life
Jodie Foster delivers in a Hitchcock-inspired film that starts fresh but ends up anticlimactic. “A Private Life” is a French thriller with an American leading actress and a Hitchcock concept. It regards […]
No Other Choice
There’s always a choice, and that’s to see this stylish and artful movie. We open with a family man in a rich house and a great family with the background feeling like […]
The President’s Cake
A rich movie about a poor girl getting cake ingredients. “The President’s Cake” is an Iraqi film that won the Directors’ Fortnight’s Audience Award and the Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film […]
La Grazia
This Italian President has my vote. Last February, I disliked Paolo Sorrentino’s “Parthenope” for being cynical, and having the title female character with more beauty than personality. I always knew he was […]
The Secret Agent
The only place Wagner Moura is safe is in this great review. Don’t let the title “The Secret Agent” fool you. This isn’t a spy movie. It’s a Brazilian drama about a […]
Trifole
This Italian drama should be as golden as the truffles they find. “Trifole” is an Italian drama that treats truffles like gold and has a grandfather-granddaughter story that could be emotionally complex, […]
Sentimental Value
Another gem from Joachim Trier. We start with a classic American song, cut to a stage production where the music sounds like the opening theme to “The Shining,” and the leading lady […]
Arco
Help the kid who flies with the rainbow, taste the rainbow. There are two sets of futures in the French animated feature “Arco.” In 2932, a great flood has sent people to […]
Nouvelle Vague
Richard Linklater delights us with the making of a French classic. Richard Linklater has directed two delightful movies about celebrities this season. The first was “Blue Moon,” which had the camera angles […]
