Marriage Story: Split
Oh, Noah Baumbach, you magnificent bastard. This highly literate filmmaker often writes about scabrous divorces, and you’d be hard pressed to find one more...
Irishman: Made Man
In the end, The Irishman’s winless fate at the Oscars was probably down to a surfeit of woe-is-me tales about aging white guys like...
Birds of Prey: Harley Har Har
Here’s a modest prediction: I don’t think Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) will be nominated for the Best...
Odds and Ends
Since the Oscars are happening early this year, so is this annual piece of mine in which I write miniature reviews for movies from...
Clemency: Death Row Blues
This Oscar season, there has been a devoted contingent arguing for Clemency (ooh, I stumbled into that one!), the death penalty drama that plays...
Best Documentaries of ’19
What’s the deal with documentaries made up only of found footage? Apollo 11 and Amazing Grace have been on a great many lists of...
1917: One Shot
Sam Mendes’ war films like Jarhead and the current 1917 have tried to replicate the visceral thrill and horror of combat without glorifying it....
In Fabric: Killer Outfit
There’s no getting around this: In Fabric is about a dress that kills everyone who wears it. Much like Quentin Dupieux’s Rubber (which is...
The Top 10
I have achieved gender parity! Look at the list below, and you’ll find five movies directed by men and five directed by women. On...
Little Women: Forward March
We now have five Hollywood feature film adaptations of Little Women stretching back to 1933, to say nothing of other media that include a...
