I have never been a soldier at war, although I have close friends and relatives who have been. Universally they don’t like to talk about the experience, and often we don’t find out about the […]

FILM REVIEWA MAN CALLED OTTORated PG-13126 MinutesReleased January 13th A Man Called Otto is based on the Swedish film, A Man Ove, winner of two Academy Awards in 2015. I saw that film, which was […]

FILM REVIEWEMPIRE OF LIGHTRated R119 MinutesReleased December 9th Here is another movie by a remarkable director for whom the isolation of the pandemic of 2020-2021 brought deep contemplation of his life, of our relationships with […]

FILM REVIEWBLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVERRated PG161 MinutesReleased November 11th Director Ryan Coogler is a Homer for our generation, recounting our modern-day Iliad and Ulysses epic tales of journey, tragedy and heroism. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever […]

FILM REVIEWTHE BANSHEES OF INISHERINRated R109 MinutesReleased October 21st A Banshee is a female spirit from Irish Folklore who marks the death of someone by wailing or keening. Inisherin is a fictitious island off the […]

FILM REVIEWAMSTERDAMRated R134 MinutesReleased October 7th The opening screen of “Amsterdam” posts the message, “A lot of this really happened.” If you don’t know the real-life history, just sit back and enjoy the story and […]

FILM REVIEW“Blonde”Rated NC-17166 MinutesReleased September 28th at Netflix Theatres and Online “Blonde” is not a biopic. It’s director Andrew Dominik’s concept of Marilyn Monroe, based on the novel Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates. I contend […]

DON’T WORRY DARLINGRated R122 MinutesReleased September 23rd Don’t Worry Darling is a fascinating Psyho-SciFi concept, and the full house audience that attended my screening were all in intense conversations as they left the theatre. Some […]