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Film Reviews

Film Reviews

A Wrinkle in Time: Off World

Last month, I stated in my review of Black Panther that black people don’t often get to direct Hollywood blockbuster extravaganzas. You know who...

Oscar’s Hidden Gold

When I do this feature next year, Black Panther will be all over it and Annihilation will likely rate a mention. However, I’m still...

Red Sparrow: Broken Wing

Most Hollywood movies these days tiptoe around international affairs, so careful are they to avoid offending foreign countries whose audiences might buy tickets. It’s...

Black Panther: It’s Good to Be King

Though it may be obvious, one point about Black Panther can’t be overstated: This Marvel Comics movie is the first time a black filmmaker...

Odds and Ends

I’m not completely done with the movies of 2017 — the ogres over at Sony Pictures Classics didn’t let me see Loveless and A...

Hostiles: Savage Land

Every time I look at Scott Cooper’s career, it gets smaller. The actor-turned-filmmaker made a promising directing debut back in 2009 with his country-music...

Phantom Thread: Mr. Woodcock

I’m usually skeptical of artists announcing their retirement when they’re neither terminally ill nor really old. (See: Soderbergh, Steven and Miyazaki, Hayao.) However, I’m...

Call Me by Your Name: A Summer Place

The exquisite Call Me by Your Name was originally supposed to be directed by James Ivory, the gay American filmmaker who adapted the script...

I, Tonya: Skatewreck

As a teenager, I came across a glowing Sports Illustrated profile of Tonya Harding during the run-up to the 1992 Winter Olympics. Reading the...

The Post: My God, the Fun!

Steven Spielberg's The Post isn’t a great movie, but it is a timely one, and sometimes that’s even better. As we watch its characters...