FILM REVIEWBABYLONRated R188 MinutesReleased December 23rd Babylon is director Damien Chazelle’s panoramic vision of a tumultuous time in movie history – the transition from the nascent art of “Moving Pictures” into “Talkies” as the technology […]
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 […]
FILM REVIEWTHE WOMAN. KINGRated PG-13135 Minutes The Woman King is a drama and a superb action film based on the story of the Agojie, a highly skilled battalion of woman warriors, who protected the West […]
BARBARIANRated R102 MinutesReleased September 9th This is a very smart movie…until the end, that is, where it kind of disintegrates into a montage of pop culture elements. I kind of understand the decision by writer/director […]
FILM REVIEWELVISRated PG-13159 MinutesReleased June 24th Elvis is such an icon of music and style of the mid 20th Century in our country that there are volumes written about him by serious historians. My 7-year-old […]
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