‘One Night in Miami’ is Powerful in its Relevance
One Night in Miami is superb. In her directorial debut, Academy Award Winner Regina King demonstrates command in her craft and has created a movingly reflective film about four…
‘Pieces of a Woman’ Opens Strong Before Turning Into Meandering Melodrama
Vanessa Kirby Gives Career-Best Performance in Tale of Grief Miscarriage is an awful thing for anyone to suffer. With their latest film Pieces of a Woman, Hungarian director Kornél…
New Pixar Movie ‘Soul’ is Visually Stunning and Introspective
It seems like every year Pixar comes out with a new film that reaffirms the studio’s status as one of the world’s best storytellers. 2020, despite all of…
Friendship on the Frontier: First Cow Review
Director Kelly Reichardt is known for telling stories about the working class. In her latest film, First Cow, she does this in the 19th century on the Western Frontier. With First…
Space Adventure Feels Stuck on the Ground: The Midnight Sky Review
Director George Clooney wants The Midnight Sky to be an intellectual science fiction adventure, a space opera that warns us of the consequences of neglecting our own planet in the…
Hidden Gem on Netflix? His House Review
His House is a 2020 Netflix original movie about a South Sudan couple seeking asylum in England. They quickly learn the house they’ve been given is haunted by the…
An Uninspired Sequel: Wonder Woman 1984 Review
Wonder Woman 1984 is a lifeless sequel. Despite the film’s vibrant posters and trailer set to a remixed version of New Order’s “Blue Monday,” the end result is underwhelming…
For the Love of Film: Mank Review
Citizen Kane is considered one of the greatest films of all time. To some, it is the greatest. Mank, director David Fincher’s eleventh film and first since 2014’s Gone Girl, tells the…
The Mother of the Blues and Her Band: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Review
The fact that Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is host to Chadwick Boseman’s final performance makes the film significant, but the other working parts of this adaptation of the late August…
A Stroll Across the Atlantic: Let Them All Talk Review
Director Steven Soderbergh is a champion of the idea that if you have an iPhone, you’re a filmmaker. In 2018, Soderberg demonstrated just how powerful the smartphone camera…
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