Monthly Archives: March 2023

A “Zodiac” true story serial killer thriller earns a “She Said” styled treatment in “Boston Strangler,” a newspaper procedural about the dogged reporting that turned up clues and held an inept police department’s feet to the fire in an infamous … Continue reading →

“The Tutor” is an engaging, well-acted and suspenseful thriller that stumbles through a string of plot holes on its way to a predictably unsatisfying ending. It toys with class, privilege and the injustices of crime and punishment and only seems … Continue reading →

One of the advantages to streaming services is that they afford you the chance to repeatedly rewind, to help you catch a plot twist you may have missed or unravel a conclusion that seems muddled. Which is exactly what I … Continue reading →

“Still Time,” or “Era ora,” is a light Italian rom-com about life and a marriage passing you by so abruptly you finally notice it. The gimmick here — a workaholic newlywed (Edoardo Leo) wakes up the day after his birthday … Continue reading →

“Full River Red” is the great Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s “hold my beer” movie moment. A creator of epic-length period pieces, romantic or action sagas in the tradition of David Lean — “Raise the Red Lantern,” “Hero,” and “House of … Continue reading →

He was the Alpha, the Founder, “the originator, the ARCHITECT” of ‘rock’n roll.” Just ask him. “I’m an NOT conceited,” the flamboyant, brash and hilarious Little Richard Penniman said to almost every interviewer who ever basked in his presence. “I … Continue reading →

Speaking directly to the camera, and perhaps to a support group, a counselor or a family member, Chama poetically muses are her situation and her need to “keep my s— together.” She describes her dreams, her life, her family, and … Continue reading →

“In His Shadow” is a simplistic gangland parable about two half-brothers — one blind, the other a “monster” — who grew up and live in the Murets high rise projects on the outskirts of Paris. Short and relatively brisk, it’s … Continue reading →

Tying a video Russian-born video game’s sale to the West to the fall of the U.S.S.R. may be a bit of a reach. But “Tetris,” the thoroughly engrossing new film about that, lacks nothing for ambition. At times, it’s as … Continue reading →

Shazad Latif, Sajal Ally, Shabana Azmil and Emma Thompson also star in this May 5 release. But about that title…