Daily Archives: October 9, 2023

Netflix has this Oscar-bait in theaters this month, on the streamer in early November. How great is it seeing Jodie Foster on the big screen again? Rhys Ifans also stars in support of Annette Bening in the title role.

Old World War II films that age well tend to have an artist behind the camera and eschew patriotic cheerleading for a weary “war is futile” but “fascism must be stopped” messaging. Carol Reed’s “The Key” brings the cynicism of … Continue reading →

Aaron Eckhart makes his “boxing picture,” playing a back-alley fighter who has a debt to Big Mama (“Secrets & Lies” star Marianne Jean-Baptiste, looking and sounding fierce). Bella Thorne is the Southern fried tattoo billboard who seems to believe in … Continue reading →

Rebecca Miller’s “She Came to Me” dances and teeters, staggers and skips along the line separating the quirky from the indulgent. It’s a high-minded, well-cast romantic comedy whose easy laughs come from two Oscar winners and Peter Dinklage, a film … Continue reading →

Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most politically conscious/working class savvy filmmakers (“The Wind that Shakes the Barley,” “It’s a Free World,””Jimmy’s Hall”), takes his shot at intolerance for displaced persons in his latest. Looks excellent. As one would expect.