Now Playing — All of Us Strangers
Andrew Haigh’s latest is an emotional haymaker that boasts a remarkable performance by Andrew Scott. Continue reading Now Playing — All of Us Strangers
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Now Playing — Society of the Snow
J.A. Bayona’s first full-length outing as a director was a horror movie. I thought of that film factoid quite often when watching the Spanish-born director’s latest, the docudrama Society of the Snow. Yes, Bayona builds the narrative (working with three … Continue reading Now Playing — Society of the Snow
Now Playing — May December
It’s long been clear that filmmaker Todd Haynes is a master of manipulating tone for delightfully acts of cinematic chicanery. To this point, this most potent manifestation of that talent was surely Far from Heaven, his 2002 film that gently … Continue reading Now Playing — May December
Now Playing — The Holdovers
I’m sure it’s not solely that The Holdovers is set during the holiday season of 1970 that prompts director Alexander Payne to open his new movie with deliberate evocations of the U.S. cinema of that bygone era, beginning with an … Continue reading Now Playing — The Holdovers
Now Playing — The Marvels
More than thirty films deep into the improbable experiment in translating the interconnected storytelling of superhero comic books to the screen, it’s borderline impossible to evaluate a new feature-length entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a single film, judged … Continue reading Now Playing — The Marvels
Now Playing — Nyad
In many ways, Nyad adheres devotedly the the patterns of most modern biopics. The film strives to convey something close to the totality of its central subject, long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad (Annette Bening) through focusing the plot on one central … Continue reading Now Playing — Nyad
Now Playing — Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann’s book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI is the rare example of a bestseller that inspires outrage, at least if read properly. Although I suspect a significant number of copies … Continue reading Now Playing — Killers of the Flower Moon
Now Playing — Fair Play
By all appearance, Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) and Luke (Alden Ehrenreich) are a couple cruising to a life of aggressively grabbed bliss. Freshly engaged, they’re intensely into each other and both feeling like they’re on the fast track at the hedge … Continue reading Now Playing — Fair Play
Now Playing — Barbie
There are few better examples of damning with faint praise than to note that Barbie, the new comedy directed by Greta Gerwig, is better than it has any right to be. It’s true, though. In a cinematic age where it’s … Continue reading Now Playing — Barbie
Now Playing — Oppenheimer
Until Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a three-hour movie that I would describe as moving at a breakneck speed. For a large portion of its running time, that was my main impression of this biopic of … Continue reading Now Playing — Oppenheimer
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