Daily Archives: December 6, 2020

Netflixable? Germans mix it up with German mobsters in a “Christmas Crossfire (Wir können nicht anders)”

Truth be told, I could have done without the German holiday line-dancing in the finale. There are plenty of times co-writer/director Detlev Buck (“Hands off Mississippi”) tosses a few too many balls in the air — characters to follow, subtexts … Continue reading

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Movie Review: “The Planters” dig deep for the quirky

In these troubled times, which are looking more and more like End Times for Hollywood and movies in theaters, it’s heartening to realize that whatever dies, indie cinema will endure. Movies like “The Planters” pretty much guarantee that. An insistently … Continue reading

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