Daily Archives: January 16, 2024

A young Belarusian immigrant finds himself questioning his “deal” with the French Foreign Legion — enlistment and service in exchange for citizenship — after a particularly brutal combat encounter in “Disco Boy,” a dreamy Immigrant’s Experience Odyssey from writer-director Giacomo … Continue reading →

This looks lovely, affectionate and nostalgic. Speaking as someone who was a celluloid projectionist in college and a cinema critic pretty much ever since, I mean.

There are worse ideas than resetting “Alice” of ”Through the Looking Glass/in Wonderland” fame as a culinary horror comedy about cooking for vampires. Any non-vampire sucked into that world is going to have it “explained” to her the way so much … Continue reading →

Anjana Vasan, Lolly Adefope and Gemma Jones also star in this colorblind casting 1920s farce. Looks quite the hoot, wot wot? Feb. Release in the UK.

The creators of “Chernobyl” got into business with Netflix and Adam Sandler for this existential drama. Off brand for Sandler, no matter how many “serious” pictures he’s done. Paul Dano is the voice of the space spider in this Czech … Continue reading →

It is known by many titles — “Monster of London,” “L’Orchidée rouge” “Secret of the Red Orchid” and, in its original language — German — “Das Rätsel der roten Orchidee.” And if this almost campy, daft and dumb crime thriller … Continue reading →