Apprentice: Apt Pupil
Last year I wrote that Sebastian Stan is best when he’s playing guys who are weak, small, and insecure. The word must be spreading,...
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
I didn’t weigh in on 2019’s Joker when it came out because I didn’t see it until the end of that year for awards...
Different Man: Face Time
Some actors have a face that you can’t forget, and of nobody is that truer than Adam Pearson. The London native has neurofibromatosis, which...
Outrun: Closing Time
The Outrun borrows a tactic from the 2018 meth drama Beautiful Boy in that it tells its story out of order deliberately to imitate...
In the Land of Azrael
For a moment I was going to start this review with something like, “What a pity that Samara Weaving looks so much like Margot...
My Old Ass: Double El
I wasn’t expecting a meaningful cinematic experience from a movie entitled My Old Ass, but this high-concept comedy that turns into a teen weeper...
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...
