Priscilla: The Rock Star’s Wife
When I reviewed Elvis, I mentioned a bunch of subjects that Baz Luhrmann’s biopic merely brushed past. One of those subjects was Priscilla Presley...
Killers of the Flower Moon: Bloodlust, Osage County
In his 1995 documentary A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, the great director compares his profession to a smuggler’s. A filmmaker...
Dicks: Keep It Gay
Ladies and gentlemen, Dicks: The Musical is the gayest movie musical I have ever seen. And brother, you’d best believe I have seen some...
Eras Tour: Swift Success
I, Kristian Lin, being of sound body and relatively sound mind, hereby resolve not to quote any Taylor Swift lyrics in this review of...
The Royal Hotel: Don’t Blame It on the Alcohol
I didn’t hop on the hype train for The Assistant when I saw it in 2020. While I pegged director Kitty Green as someone...
When Evil Lurks: Patagonia Possession
Fifty years after The Exorcist broke new ground in horror cinema, a new movie about demonic possession comes to our multiplexes that’s fully in...
She Came to Me: Opera Man
It was 21 years ago that I went to the then-new Magnolia Theater in Dallas and saw Personal Velocity. An anthology film with three...
Hail The Creator
The advance word about The Creator has been mostly adulatory, with people saying that it’s the next great step in big-budget science-fiction. Respectfully, I...
It Lives Inside: Fear Eats the Soul
They do make horror movies in India, but those are seldom exported, and for a good reason: Their aesthetics don’t translate so well to...
Dumb Money: The Kitty of Wall Street
One of the things that cheered me up in those dark days of January 2021 was the news about the GameStop stock. A number...
