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April 2019

April 05, 2019
Funny, poignant, provocative: the opening night film at Durham’s superb documentary festival reveals the culture...

March 2019

March 31, 2019
Well, it’s the only one I know, actually. But still check it out, for its...
March 24, 2019
Jordan Peele improves on his breakout horror hit “Get Out,” thanks in large part to...
March 17, 2019
Now available for home viewing, this debut from Zambian-Welsh director Rungano Nyoni shows that places...
March 10, 2019
Michael Jackson was the perpetrator, but the focus of this four-hour documentary is rightly on...
March 03, 2019
Though the usually reliable Mads Mikkelsen is in the lead role, this latest addition to...

February 2019

February 24, 2019
From the director of the Oscar-winning East German police state drama “The Lives of Others,”...
February 17, 2019
The plotting is rote, but top-shelf performances by John C. Reilly and Steve Coogan make...

January 2019

January 20, 2019
"The Wife" won a Golden Globe, while "The Land of Steady Habits" dropped straight to...
January 13, 2019
Now available for home viewing, this is the rare film that deals with teen mental...

December 2018

December 30, 2018
It was another great year at the movies, thanks to veterans and newcomers both.
December 23, 2018
The film, that is; Dick Cheney’s reputation gets sledgehammered in this oddball biopic.
December 16, 2018
Steven Yeun of “The Walking Dead” broadens his range in this adaptation of a Haruki...
December 09, 2018
Aided by a lacerating script and splendid acting, Yorgos Lanthimos turns his darkly comic eye...

November 2018

November 25, 2018
The second major film of 2018 on this subject, "Boy Erased" is the stronger of...
November 18, 2018
This beautiful, philosophical Western anthology is now available for home viewing.
November 11, 2018
Whether for environmental reasons or due to animal suffering, this documentary produced and narrated by...
November 04, 2018
The co-directors of “Meru” outdo themselves as they follow Alex Honnold in the first solo,...

October 2018

October 28, 2018
Using the SPLC’s definition, the GOP meets enough of the wrong criteria to earn this...
October 21, 2018
John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix are the murderous bickering siblings, in Jacques Audiard’s grotesque...
October 14, 2018
Damien Chazelle (director of “Whiplash” and “La La Land”) successfully transforms the epic tale of...
October 07, 2018
The desperate state of all three branches of American government: can they be repaired?

September 2018

September 30, 2018
This new film starring Emma Thompson thoughtfully probes this question.
September 23, 2018
Bob Woodward’s book, and new films from Michael Moore and Jack Bryan, flesh out what...
September 19, 2018
Another satisfying visit to Toronto concluded with the excellent films "Wildlife" and "Styx."
September 15, 2018
New films from these two directors are well-intentioned, but don’t scale the heights of their...
September 14, 2018
Alfonso Cuarón (“Gravity”) returns home for an autobiographical film; Christian Petzold (“Phoenix”) transposes a WW2...
September 12, 2018
An excellent new work by the creators of “Embrace of the Serpent,” plus a praiseworthy...
September 11, 2018
The legendary German-American documentarian sits down with the last ruler of the USSR.
September 10, 2018
Barry Jenkins, winner of 2017’s Best Picture Oscar for “Moonlight,” creates another beautiful work with...
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