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September 2018

September 09, 2018
Errol Morris, director of “The Fog of War” and “The Thin Blue Line,” turns his...
September 09, 2018
“The Wedding Guest” and “The Factory” take viewers around the world in vastly different tales...
September 08, 2018
Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell excel in this story of a beloved son fallen into...
September 02, 2018
I draw on my own history as a therapist and ex-fundamentalist to comment on this...

August 2018

August 26, 2018
In his promising feature debut, comedian turned writer/director Bo Burnham is helped immeasurably by Elsie...
August 19, 2018
This timely, weirder-than-fiction story of a black cop infiltrating the Klan reveals a director back...

July 2018

July 29, 2018
Debra Granik (“Winter’s Bone”) offers another affecting tale of unsung Americans, this time of a...
July 21, 2018
A conversation with local political candidate Dennis Prater
July 15, 2018
Sorry to Bother You explodes like a Molotov cocktail smashing into a statue of Ronald...
July 15, 2018
Artful, enjoyable films like “Harold and Maude,” “Being There,” and “Coming Home” haven’t lost their...
July 08, 2018
Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons head up this charmer about a music-loving father and daughter...
July 01, 2018
Why psychopath is the best, most precise term for Trump’s psychology; why mental health experts...

June 2018

June 24, 2018
Vicarious trauma, art, and entertainment in the era of Trump
June 18, 2018
Further explorations of Paul Schrader’s masterpiece
June 16, 2018
"First Reformed" shattered me in a way that few pieces of art have, and assured...
June 10, 2018
This debut feature from writer/director Ari Aster will be tough to top as the best...
June 03, 2018
Gorgeously set in South Dakota’s Badlands, this close take on a Lakota cowboy’s life at...

May 2018

May 20, 2018
Aboriginal director Warwick Thornton illustrates the historical plight of his people in this captivating “based...
May 13, 2018
Tony and Bart Campolo show how to relate honestly and respectfully across the godless/believing divide...
May 06, 2018
Charlize Theron, director Jason Reitman, and writer Diablo Cody team up again for another strong...

April 2018

April 22, 2018
Wes Anderson’s return to stop-motion animation is a visual masterpiece, though its storytelling and characterizations...
April 15, 2018
My festival coverage concludes with three very good to excellent documentaries of present-day reckonings with...
April 09, 2018
Rogers’ demeanor and appearance don’t exactly suggest courage and strength, but this documentary makes clear...
April 07, 2018
Day 2 and (part of) Day 3 brought a quartet of worthwhile documentaries to add...
April 06, 2018
Three fine films, all by women directors, offer a promising festival beginning.
April 01, 2018
Spielberg’s latest failed entertainment adds to the case that he should stick to serious dramas.

March 2018

March 25, 2018
From the creator of "Veep," this will be hard to top as the best comedy...
March 18, 2018
In this year’s Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film, Chilean director Sebastian Lelio and...
March 04, 2018
With sweetness and goodness at its heart, this documentary follows a black Philly family for...

February 2018

February 25, 2018
Director Alex Garland, following 2014’s “Ex Machina,” takes us on another thoughtful, unsettling sci-fi journey.
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