Monthly Archives: November 2022

Here are three things that aren’t explained in the movie that might help you get more out of Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s “oneiric,” Fellini-esqe, quasi-autobiographical magnum opus “Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths.” “Oneiric,” a label applied by the … Continue reading →

There’s something about Alaska that welcomes the quirky and celebrates the extreme. It’s where The Iditarod was born, after all. But I used to live on remote Kodiak Island, where the locals would invent drunken DIY river raft races, bizarre … Continue reading →

Of all the things you’d never expect to find on the resume of Mauna Loa-sized Jason Momoa under “special skills,” “plays nice with kids” has to be pretty far from predictable. He’s the best thing, almost the only entertaining thing, … Continue reading →

Hard to pick out Jake Gyllenhaal’s voice, less hard to figure out Dennis Quaid. Lucy Liu and Gabrielle Union? This lost explorer is found by his son and grandson story is the big animated Thanksgiving release. And most of us … Continue reading →

“Nanny” is that rare sophisticated and cosmopolitan horror movie, a tale with chills and cross-cultural issues far beyond your usual nut-with-a-knife or demons menacing the kids in a cabin in the woods. Nikyatu Jusu’s debut feature, an award winner at … Continue reading →

In the indie vampire thrilleramedy “Blood Relatives,” the anti hero travels the blue highways of America in a Fire Blue ’69 Barracuda, mutters in Yiddish and is tracked down by a teen who might be his daughter. “I need to … Continue reading →

Amy Adams couldn’t very well turn down a sequel to “Enchanted,” the 2007 Disney delight that made the “Junebug” breakout a bonafide Hollywood star. But seeing her soldier through “Disenchanted” makes one wish she had. She puts on her happy … Continue reading →

The mind takes conditioning to get on the right wavelength to wrestle with post-modernist social satire. We’re decades removed from screen satire’s golden age, an era roughly bracketed by two Peter Sellers films, “Dr. Strangelove” and “Being There.” And getting … Continue reading →

“Four Samosas” is a scruffy, hit or miss indie caper comedy about four young Indian Americans who set out to rob the store of a local grocer who’s gotten rich by illicit means. It’s built on a generational angst, with … Continue reading →

There’s real historical backdrop to “Robbing Mussolini.” But is the new Italian film (subtitled, or dubbed into English) a “true story?” “True-ish” an opening credit reassures us. How “true-ish?” Well, it’s 1945 Milan in the last months of the war, … Continue reading →