Monthly Archives: August 2022

“Simchas & Sorrows” is a New York dramedy built around a Catholic-Jewish relationship, an unfortunately drab little movie entirely too tentative for its own good. Its “edge” is the call for one member of the couple to “convert,” something the … Continue reading →

This trailer shows off a seriously funny, and “experienced” cast — Judy Greer, Johnny Knoxville, Paul Reiser and Keegan-Michael Key — and a borderline edgy premise, a sort of “Full House” hit of the past re-launched with the same players, … Continue reading →

Fifty years after its release, screed-writing screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky’s dark comedy “The Hospital” still has the power to make your jaw drop. Released amid growing cynicism about institutions that Vietnam inspired and Watergate proved, with documentaries such as “Titicut Follies” … Continue reading →

Not an action film. Not really sci-fi. Kind of a comedy? “Jean Reno as you’ve NEVER seen him before!” Love that Jean Reno.

A few classics are being re-released this coming weekend, and the most recent “Spider-Man” will be back, if you missed it. Surely there’ll be something you haven’t seen worth checking out on National Cinema Day, Sept. 3. $3 tickets? Worth … Continue reading →

There’s not much to “the Last Film of the Summer,” Screen Gems’ “The Invitation” — no wit, few frights and not much in the way of thrills, either. But then, you got that much out of the trailer, didn’t you? … Continue reading →

Rough, gripping and quite good, “Reflection” is one of several films made about Putin’s Russia’s ongoing efforts to destabilize and devour Ukraine, bit by bit. The trauma began over a decade ago and threatens to last for generations, as this … Continue reading →

Well, I guess I’ll duck into a showing of “The Invitation,” a “Ten Little Indians” variation with a vampire twist. Nothing else that opened this weekend has managed much in the way of drawing a crowd. George Miller’s “3000 Years … Continue reading →

Three solitary strangers unwittingly share an empty apartment, crossing paths and even anonymously hooking up, in Ming-liang Tsai’s “Vive L’amour,” a Golden Lion winner at the 1994 Venice Film Festival. Tsai’s second feature was his break-out film, leading to a … Continue reading →

A reminder of what a giant step backward the Clarence Thomas/Barrett/Kavanaugh/Gorsuch wing of the Supreme Court endorsed, what faced women back in the dark old days and a reminder timed to give women one last incentive to punish those whose … Continue reading →