Substance: Stealing Beauty
There was still a stigma about actresses getting naked on camera in the 1990s, when Demi Moore became a Hollywood leading lady. She aimed...
Speak No Evil: All Happy Families
I missed the original Speak No Evil when it reached our shores in late 2022, despite the laudatory reviews for Christian Tafdrup’s horror film...
Front Room: Solange, So Long
Kids, it’s always important to meet your prospective in-laws before you get married. That’s the chief lesson of The Front Room. Most in-laws, even...
Beetlejuice: Say My Name, Say My Name
To watch Tim Burton’s 1988 macabre comedy classic Beetlejuice is to remember what made him such a force in filmmaking. At the tail end...
Wasp: Tarantula Hawk
The title of The Wasp refers to tarantula hawk wasps. You know the name because of Wild Acre Brewing’s red ale. I actually have...
Blink Twice: Don’t You Forget About Me
The original title of Blink Twice was supposed to be Pussy Island, but the Motion Picture Association of America wouldn’t allow it. While they...
Romulus: Who’ll Stop Rain?
So, Alien: Romulus isn’t as good as the first two movies in the series, but it’s better than the last two. That’s because Ridley...
Rap on the Kneecap
I can’t believe I have to write these words, but Walk Hard was supposed to kill off cliché-ridden musical biopics, not provide a model...
Made in England: Power of Two
Last fall I remarked that Martin Scorsese would have made a great film critic. You can see what I was talking about this weekend...
Deadpool & Wolverine: Heeling Factor
In the original Deadpool, the titular hero (Ryan Reynolds) gripes about the X-Men series: “Those timelines are so confusing.” Now, though, they’ve rejiggered the timelines...
