Daily Archives: December 3, 2022

Japan’s aging and shrinking population is the inspiration behind “Plan 75,” the debut feature of writer-director Chie Hayakawa. Expanding her short film of the same title, she imagines a Japan which a government program, “Plan 75,” incentivizes the elderly to … Continue reading →

French action auteur Pierre Morel of the “Taken” movies delivers a solid, tactically-fascinating Middle Eastern combat film with “The Ambush,” a United Arab Emirates -acked account of a firefight that really happened during the Yemeni Civil War. It’s a movie … Continue reading →

The “Black Panther” sequel, “Wakanda Forever,” is still doing business. But the writing’s on the wall as it wins one final weekend before it starts to shed screens and give way to whatever December offerings have a prayer of challenging … Continue reading →

Full disclosure here, I had to watch Netflix’s new take on the oft-filmed “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” twice. No, not savor the sex scenes one more time. But because director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s lovely, natural light and “outdoorsy” version of the … Continue reading →