This week’s roundup features my reviews of a pair of interesting new films: Stephen Frears’ “The Lost King,” which dramatizes one woman’s fight to dig up of King Richard III’s remains; and the political documentary “What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat and Tears?” In...
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This week’s roundup includes my reviews of new films in theaters, including “Inside” with Willem Dafoe and “Moving On,” reteaming those “Grace and Frankie” ladies, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. In-Theater/Streaming Releases of the WeekInside (Focus Features) Willem Dafoe...
This week’s roundup features my reviews of two fascinating documentaries (“Film, the Living Record of Our Memory” and “Gods of Mexico”) and a pair of features focusing on obsessive protagonists (“The Forger” and “Free Skate”). In-Theater/Streaming Releases of the...
This week’s roundup features my reviews of the Oscar-nominated Irish film, “The Quiet Girl,” as well as the weird sci-fi feature “Linoleum” starring a formidable Jim Gaffigan and “Nostalgia,” a tragic character study from Italian director Mario Martone. In...
This week’s roundup includes my reviews of an interesting biopic about Emily Brontë, “Emily,” with a stunning performance by Emma Mackay, and a not so interesting mystery, “Marlowe,” with a slumming Liam Neeson as the immortal private eye. In-Theater/Streaming Releases...
This week’s roundup is highlighted by the 4K release of Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans,” a flawed but fascinating journey into his family’s history, as well as a Blu-ray collection of films by Nina Menkes, an unsung independent American artist. 4K/UHD Releases of...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of films in theaters and/or streaming, including an Italian classic, “Una vita difficile,” and a documentary about the opioid crisis, “Love in the Time of Fentanyl.” There’s also a review of the 4K Criterion release of Krzysztof...
This week’s roundup includes two new theatrical adaptations—one that’s very good (David Straithairn in “Remember This”) and one that’s not-so-good (Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern in “The Son”). In-Theater Releases of the WeekRemember This (Abramorama/PBS Great...
This week’s roundup is marked by the release of one of the best films of 2022—Alice Diop’s spellbinding courtroom drama, “Saint Omer”—which somehow did not get nominated for an Oscar for Best International Film. In-Theater/Streaming Releases of the WeekSaint Omer...
This week’s roundup includes reviews of the new Korean War drama, “Devotion,” and “Memories of My Father,” an intense political and personal memory piece about the dangers of Colombia in the ’70s and ’80s. Streaming Release of the WeekDevotion (Paramount) This true...
