Monthly Archives: January 2023

“Saint Omer” is a dry, patience-testing parable about cultures clashing, cultural disconnection, motherhood and the eating fear of infanticide many mothers harbor — “The Medea Complex.” That, by the way, would have been a much more informative, dramatic and poetic … Continue reading →

I had to return to Daniel Day Lewis‘ Oscar acceptance speech from the spring of 1990 — God Bless Youtube — to make sure I was remembering it right, that he saluted the Academy for “providing me with the makings … Continue reading →

The grey-haired woman whose daughter disappeared is as startled to run into the third prosecutor/investigator assigned to her daughter’s case while out hunting for her child herself. What’s he doing here? “Fixing other people’s mistakes,” he buck-passes. And her? “Doing … Continue reading →

What the Screen Actors Guild Award nominations are to the Acting Oscars, a good indicator of what the Oscar nomination field will look like, the Producers Guild Awards are to Best Picture, Best Documentary and Best Animated Film. Looks like … Continue reading →

Dave Franco directed, and he and Brie co-wrote this oddball rom-dramedy. Coming soon, Feb. 10. Looks cute.

Here’s a slice of vampire-vamping Spanish Manchego that may be a little late to the whole “Vampire movies are silly” parade. But give the cast and crew of “Hollyblood” props for taking their best shots, which land almost often enough … Continue reading →

A Feb 10 Netflix Valentine’s Day rom-com about “old friends” swapping coasts and apartments and maybe finding love…with someone. Each other? Taking bets on that. Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher and a rom-com about finding love in your…40s?

Rhea Seehorn, Tony Shalhoub and Michael Ian Black also star in this odd, dreamy comedy. Feb. 24 this one comes to theaters.

This paranoid thriller with a supernatural twist has a shot at showing us WWI on a budget. Feb. 24, we find out if it works. As if there wasn’t enough to be terrified of in the trenches.

“World weariness” is a given in any film noir about a mystery somebody’s trying to solve. It’s in the sleepy eyes of the mystery-solver, be he or she a gumshoe, a relative or just “a friend” of the missing person. … Continue reading →