Holiday Movie Preview
It’s the young people who are keeping movie theaters afloat these days. How else to explain the recent box-office numbers? We’ve seen Black Adam and...
Nanny: Don’t Go Near the Water
They’re selling Nanny as a horror movie. It was even co-produced by horror-movie outfit Blumhouse. The winner of the Jury Prize at Sundance isn’t...
Fabelmans: And We’re Rolling
This pandemic has made filmmakers turn to their own life stories for material: Kenneth Branagh in Belfast, James Gray in Armageddon Time, Elegance Bratton...
Glass Onion: Let’s Twist Again
The brilliant Knives Out was still playing in a few theaters when they closed down for the pandemic in spring 2020. Now the sequel,...
Menu: Adventures in Fine Dining
Horror stories have always been bound up with food: Vampires drink blood, zombies eat brains, and a hell of a lot of monsters eat...
She Said: The Woman’s Story
When my graduate school days in New York were winding down, I went by the career center at NYU and saw a job posting...
Wakanda Forever: Throw Up the X
When I reviewed Black Panther, I said that we hadn’t seen the limits of what Ryan Coogler could do. Surely Black Panther: Wakanda Forever represents...
Banshees: Why Can’t We Be Friends?
Martin McDonagh became famous for his stage plays set in his native Ireland such as The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Lieutenant of...
Armageddon Time: Smoking in the Boys Room
I’ve made clear before that I don’t care much for James Gray, but I’ll say this: Armageddon Time is his best movie, in my...
Till: This Boy’s Life
Something I’ve noticed in this job: When actors whom I’ve never seen or heard of deliver a great film performance, they’re more likely to...
