I loved Drive My Car from Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi so I was curious about his other films. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy has a title that sparked my interest so it was a good spot to take a second … Continue reading
Fitting In is a coming-of-age film about a teen girl who discovers that she was born with some internal female parts missing. She has a choice to tell her friend and boyfriend about her differences or keep it a secret… … Continue reading
The Color Purple is about a pair of poor black Southern girl who are separated in the late 1910s. One vanishes while the other is stuck in an abusive marriage which she struggled to free herself from over the course … Continue reading
Anatomy of a Fall a courtroom drama where the wife of a guy who died in a household fall is on trial for his murder. There are a lot of accusations, suppositions, blame, and recrimination. There’s not a lot of … Continue reading
Leave the World Behind borrows heavily from dozens of other paranoia thrillers that had much lower budgets. But you add Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, and Ethan Hawke plus get the Obamas to executive produce, and you suddenly have a big … Continue reading
May December is about a sleazy tabloid topic that’s too smart and too subtle to be about what it’s about. On the one hand, it’s quiet and introspective and then it delivers a soundtrack that suggests its 200% more melodramatic … Continue reading
I’m not an expert on all the eras of Godzilla, but it feels to me like Godzilla Minus One is unique among the films I’ve seen. Godzilla originated with, and sometimes returns to, the idea of Japan’s national trauma from … Continue reading
Spring is about a young American who takes a break from his life in an extended vacation in Rome. He meets a beautiful, mysterious Italian girl who has an expansive, supernatural secret. Moorehead and Benson are working on a whole … Continue reading
As Wes Anderson moved further and further beyond that which we humans understand to be reality, it’s remarkable that The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar exhibits those familiar off-putting traits while being one of his most complete and approachable works. … Continue reading
Shortcomings is an indie Asian American rom-com that exists in a world where a glossy big budget Asian American rom-com makes it easier for indie Asian American rom-coms to get made. It’s a cute bit of meta commentary about Crazy … Continue reading