Babylon might not be a movie where all of its disparate themes, ideas, and plots come together, but I had a hell of a time just going along for the ride. Such a manic, thoughtful blunderbuss of a film about … Continue reading
Nanny is a tale of two movies… one a pretty good film about a Senegalese immigrant trying to make her way in the United States, the other a vague hand-waving supernatural film with unsatisfying and random frights. It needed to … Continue reading
The spoiler alert of Spoiler Alert is that the hero dies… which is the full title of the memoir this movie is based on. Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies by journalist Michael Ausiello. I haven’t read this book and I’m … Continue reading
Bardo is a head-scratcher of an annoyance of a personal film that I didn’t get for long swaths and resented having to sit through that somehow, some way, comes together in the final thirty minutes of understanding so that I … Continue reading
Empire of Light is a beautiful, well-acted film that can’t figure out what it’s about. I think it’s too personal or regional or temporal a film for anyone who wasn’t working in a movie theater in 1980 England. The film … Continue reading
Good intentions and handsome filmmaking are the hallmarks of this grim slavery/civil war epic. Lincoln has issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves of the the rebelling South. Will Smith plays real-life escaped slave Peter who must survive first his … Continue reading
I propose we resurrect Charlies Dickens and give him back his copyright so Hollywood can be stopped from retreading this material. At least lets get a gatekeeper up in this IP. Jeesh. Yeah, it’s another Christmas Carol. I’d say this … Continue reading
I had no idea, going in, that Devotion was a film based on the Korean war… looking at the poster, I figured WWII so that was a nice surprise for a fairly nice movie. And if I spent a few … Continue reading
The Fabelman’s is a fairly unique film in Stephen Spielberg’s filmography. It’s a very small, very grounded film… not at all like his blockbusters or even his more down-to-earth Big Idea films. Indeed, it’s basically his biography only slightly veiled … Continue reading
Bones and All is a lovely, tender, heart-felt romance between two cannibals. It’s also a bit of a horror story… but not because the two lovers are cannibals, but because there’s a less (ahem) savory cannibal lurking about. Yes, this … Continue reading