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  • 28 Years Later

    (***)  Waking up in a hospital bed and discovering the world has been devastated by a ... [ Read More ]

    28 Years Later
  • Wizkid: Long Live Lagos Premieres at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival

    If Afrobeats music has a king, it’s Wizkid. He wasn’t self-anointed. It’s just that his music has ... [ Read More ]

    Wizkid: Long Live Lagos Premieres at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival
  • The 2025 Capital Jazz Festival Welcomed Music Lovers 

    (***1/2) And so, they gathered. From near and far they came to Columbia Maryland for the ... [ Read More ]

    The 2025 Capital Jazz Festival Welcomed Music Lovers 
  • October London is the Rebirth of Cool 

    (****) “Make me, make me wanna get down tonight….” October London sang what was on the ... [ Read More ]

    October London is the Rebirth of Cool 
  • Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

    (***1/2)  If there’s one thing that we’ve learned over the 30-year history of this ... [ Read More ]

    Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
  • Hurry Up Tomorrow

    (**1/2) There’s something beautiful and intriguing about what you’re watching. What you’re ... [ Read More ]

    Hurry Up Tomorrow
  • Black Tea has NYC premiere at 2025 New York African Film Festival

    (**)  Even master auteurs have an off day. A premise that doesn’t pan out. A vision that ... [ Read More ]

    Black Tea has NYC premiere at 2025 New York African Film Festival
  • Thunderbolts*

    (**1/2)  When will the Marvel Universe stop feeding on its own? Never. But at least ... [ Read More ]

    Thunderbolts*
  • Havoc

    (**1/2)  Bullets will fly. Blood will be shed. When the dust settles, bodies will pile ... [ Read More ]

    Havoc
  • Sinners

    (***)  Is it possible to admire the artistry of a movie more than the movie itself? ... [ Read More ]

    Sinners
  • The Amateur

    (***)  Hell hath no fury like a nerd seeking revenge. That hardly seems like a threat, ... [ Read More ]

    The Amateur
  • The Friend

    (***)  Damn that’s a big dog. A big sad dog. So, what’s his problem? Well, he’s in ... [ Read More ]

    The Friend

Wicked

November 21, 2024 By: superuser

(***1/2)  “Are we all born wicked?” It’s a trick question. The answer you give reflects your view of humanity. In fact, that query is the theme of this charming and fanciful adaption of the Broadway musical Wicked (2003). That show was based on a novel by Gregory Maguire (1995), which was inspired by L. Frank Baum’s book The Wizard […]

Emilia Pérez — 2024 New York Film Festival Review

October 21, 2024 By: superuser

(***1/2)  Nothing in law school prepared her for this. Not the bar exam. Mock trials. Nothing! Only creative, forward-thinking and innovative filmmakers could concoct this modern-day life-of-crime fable. Those accolades describe writer/director Jacques Audiard (A Prophet) and his co-screenwriters Thomas Bidegain and Nicolas Livecchi. They’re telling a tale that will rock audiences’ world. A parable […]

All We Imagine as Light — 2024 New York Film Festival Review

October 21, 2024 By: superuser

(***)  Two women. Two stories. Both being pulled in different directions. Away from traditional roles. Into the new India.  The younger and single Anu (Divya Prabha) is trying to break with tradition: “My parents are looking for someone for me to marry. But I don’t want to.” Her older, wiser and married roommate Prabha (Kani […]

I’m Still Here — 2024 New York Film Festival Review

October 21, 2024 By: superuser

(***)  What’s it like when a dictator and his military regime run a country—into the ground?  This cautionary and true tale, which is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s memoir, chronicles the life of his family and particularly his mother. It includes the challenges they faced while Brazil was run by a military dictatorship, specifically in the […]

The Room Next Door — 2024 New York Film Festival Review

October 21, 2024 By: superuser

(**1/2)  Maybe the book What Are You Going Through, by Sigrid Nunez, was deeper. But this film adaptation is surprisingly shallow and stiff. Considering the subject matter, something has been lost in translation.   Hard to remember a Pedro Almodóvar (Parallel Mothers) movie that wasn’t perfectly produced. So, it’s no wonder that this end-of-life saga includes a […]

Maria – 2024 New York Film Festival Review 

October 21, 2024 By: superuser

(**)  Some will think that this depressing bio/drama is a disservice to the memory of Maria Callas. That it reduces her to a has-been and a concubine, and she shouldn’t be defined by the tragedies in her life.  When Angelina Jolie takes on a role, she’s all in. She may not look like the American-born, […]

Queer — 2024 New York Film Festival Review

October 21, 2024 By: superuser

(**1/2)  Something about William S. Burroughs’ books makes you feel like he’s taken you to a stinky bar, where your feet stick to the floor from the grime and everything smells. This adaptation of his book Queer doesn’t feel that way. It’s more like walking through a museum. A boring one.  Burroughs, a beat generation gay writer, […]

Piece by Piece

October 14, 2024 By: superuser

(***) “It might seem crazy what I’m about to say.” But this fun-to-watch bio/mus/doc should’ve been titled Happy, and not Piece by Piece. That’s the vibe. That’s the depth.  Certainly, Pharrell Williams is worthy of a movie about his musical feats. He’s won 13 Grammy Awards; an Academy Award nomination (Happy for Despicable Me 2) and his productions have […]

Conclave – 2024 Toronto International Film Festival Review 

October 6, 2024 By: superuser

(****)  If you told this twisted story at a cocktail party, everyone would be entranced.  They’d listen attentively, right up until the end with the big reveal. That’s when they’d drop their martini glasses, gasp and laugh at how providence has bigger plans for humanity than conniving men could ever fathom.   British writer Robert Harris […]

The Brutalist – 2024 Toronto International Film Festival Review 

October 6, 2024 By: superuser

(****)  It only takes a few minutes to ascertain that The Brutalist is a brilliant work of art.  Soon after it begins, this fictional bio/drama exhibits an artistry and craftsmanship usually rendered by French, Italian or Mexican directors. But surprisingly, this auteur is Arizona-born Brady Corbet. An actor (Thirteen) turned director (Vox Lux) whose talent and skills […]

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