Monthly Archives: September 2021

There’s one thing you can say for a melodrama that gives you whiplash. It must be quite a ride. Actor (“This is Us”) turned writer-director John Pollono brings his off-Broadway slow boil of a thriller “Small Engine Repair” to the … Continue reading →

Watch a film from another culture, live in that world and learn about it for two hours. “Luzzu,” the title is what they call their traditional colorful fishing boats in that corner of the Mediterranean, opens Oct 15.

“Kate” is the most laughably predictable thriller since the silent film era. We know where it’s going the instant it starts. We know what the hack screenwriter used for his mashup — “D.O.A./Crank” meets “The Professional.” We know the rancid … Continue reading →

This looks intense, extreme. “Runt” opens Oct. 1.

Walton Goggins and his unique brand of drawling, skinny redneck ornery is so in demand that he’s always got a couple of TV series going on while Hollywood tries to find a way to pair him and Tim Blake Nelson … Continue reading →

Oh, to have someone say this about you after your death. “I haven’t had a good laugh since he died!” Most of us only experienced the late life “public” Truman Capote, the bitchy literary gnome who flitted among the beautiful … Continue reading →

A quiet chill clings to “Azor,” the debut feature of Argentine filmmaker Andreas Fontana. It’s set among his country’s uber-rich, their grand, inherited estates and stables, their horse racing outings, Michelin star dinners and galas. But they’re a glum lot, … Continue reading →

Every documentary filmmaker’s first major hurdle is finding a subject worthy of the intense labor, spread over what is often a prolonged period of time, a subject that’s novel enough that it will stand out in a tsunami of documentaries … Continue reading →

Here’s a little Pandemic-ish horror set in the Hotel Roosevelt, the venerable Hollywood landmark. Not a lot of star power in this Sept. 14 release, but that setting…that set up.