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“‘‘The High Note’: Dakota Johnson & Tracee Ellis Ross Have Chemistry, But White Faces Intrude On Black Spaces”
“But she’s got high notes, she’s got high notes / She’s got high apple pie, in the sky notes.” Continue reading
“‘The Painter and the Thief’ Puts Empathy on Canvas”
Sorry gang, I don’t have a pithy, clever, insightful, or even corny intro to this piece, the movie is just too good. Continue reading
“‘The Trip to Greece’ Holds Steve Coogan Accountable Like No Other ‘Trip’ Before”
And if anyone can hold Steve Coogan accountable, it’s career Welshman Rob Brydon. Continue reading
“‘How to Build a Girl’ Betrays Its Blueprints”
How to build a girl? Start with a good script. Continue reading
“‘Driveways’ Bids Farewell to Brian Dennehy, Giant with a Gentle Heart”
Not Brian Dennehy’s last-last role, but it might be his last great role. We’ll see once his last-last movies come out. Continue reading
“‘Deerskin’ Wears Its Mystery Well
Stop the presses, Quentin Dupieux made a movie that I’m not ambivalent about! Continue reading
“Is There Anything behind ‘Behind You?'”
A movie with a title this fun shouldn’t turn out this frustratingly amateur. Big wasted opportunity, if you ask me. Continue reading
“You Won’t Forget ‘The Wretched'”
Not a Magic: The Gathering reference or a Nine Inch Nails reference, and mercifully not even a reference to 1980s kids-versus-the-monsters movies. Continue reading
“‘Sorry We Missed You’ Shows the Sorry State Inflicted on Workers Enmeshed in the Gig Economy”
“And the moral of the story is, don’t buy from Amazon,” he said bravely, having already bought from Amazon. Continue reading
“‘We Summon the Darkness’ and We Have Fun Doing It”
But who is “we,” and why are we-they summoning any darkness at all? That’s the question. Continue reading
“Share ‘Banana Split’ with a Bestie”
A sweet-natured teen comedy about girlfriends, not a crappy slasher flick about killer robots. Continue reading
“‘Greed’ Is Not Good”
Both as in the selfish desire for wealth or power or material goods, and also the Michael Winterbottom movie. Continue reading
“‘Vitalina Varela’ Grieves in Shadow”
You’re locked inside, the movies you want to see aren’t getting VOD releases, and you’ve probably watched the ones that have. Maybe try something way off your radar next! Continue reading
“Urine for Bad News with ‘The Grudge'”
Hey, I’m just as shocked as you are that they went with my suggested headline, but life’s just full of surprises. Continue reading
“‘Come to Daddy’ For Violence, Humor And A Lesson In Male Abandonment Issues”
Spoiler alert: Don’t actually come to daddy, he’s going to try to kill you with a meat cleaver. It’s not his fault; he’s very, very drunk, and he’s also Stephen McHattie. (Or IS HE?!) Continue reading
“The Roads Not Taken Is a Plea for Compassion”
There’s the Sally Potter we need, the Sally Potter we deserve, and, here, the Sally Potter we’re all very, very puzzled by. Continue reading
“‘Onward’: Pixar Takes A Step Backward In A Film Rife With Fantasy Clichés”
Onward, but not upward, or forward, just mostly backward. Continue reading
“‘Young Ahmed’ Needs Time To Grow Up”
Hey, did you know that a new Dardennes movie just came out less than a month ago? Bet you didn’t. I bet even the Dardennes didn’t! Continue reading
“‘Saint Frances’ Casts Aside Judgment for Compassion”
Andy makes a crediting boo-boo, but it’s okay. Continue reading
