Monthly Archives: August 2022

Let’s play a game, shall we?

It wasn’t a terrible idea. James Ponsoldt, my idea of the quintessential “indie” filmmaker, who makes character-driven dramas such as “The Spectacular Now” and “The End of the Tour,” takes a stab at bringing us a girls’ coming of age … Continue reading →

An “us” and “them” confrontation between famous chef/staff, and his well-heeled clientele. A little class war savagery, in the guise of haute cuisine? Nov 18, from Searchlight Pictures.

A triumph of tone more than anything else, Perry Blackshear’s “When I Consume You” is “The Fisher King” reimagined as a bleak horror tale bathed in abuse and mental illness. Desperately poor co-dependent siblings struggle to forget their traumatized childhoods … Continue reading →

A good puzzle thriller entertains with the story it’s telling, and the other directions you figure the story just might go, if only in your mind. “Rogue Agent” begins in late IRA bombing campaign era Britain, with its intrigues and … Continue reading →

Every long form “embedded” sports documentary is an incredible leap of faith. Think of “Hoop Dreams,” where you go in, invest years covering and getting close to a small group of players, clinging to the hope that at least one … Continue reading →

College kids get on the wrong side of an AI system that goes bad — very bad — Sept. 9.

A young career criminal gives his protege — “Emily the Criminal” — a look after she says something that definitely ups the ante and increases the risks of their latest undertaking. “You’re a very bad influence,” he mutters. Emily is … Continue reading →

This little innocent abroad in that most French Canadian of cities and it’s many subcultures is on the festival circuit at the moment. Here’s who and what we have to look forward to.

“Pahuna: The Little Visitors” is a tiny tots on their own children’s fantasy about barely-school-age Nepalese siblings who take a child’s view of taking care of themselves and their infant brother after they get separated from parents. Although it begins … Continue reading →