Monthly Archives: January 2024

“The Zone of Interest,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” “The Creator,” America Ferrara in “Barbie” and Colman Domingo’s turn in “Rustin” were among the surprises that turned up when nominations to the 96th Academy Awards were announced by Zazie Beetz and … Continue reading →

Tom Ripley was a fictional creation of the Golden Age of the Homocidal Homosexual in literature and film (“Compulsion,” etc) and he remains Patricia Highsmith’s most famous creation. Even though she herself — a lesbian — denied he was gay … Continue reading →

For the 96th time, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is about to announce the field for their upcoming Academy Awards. We’ll learn about them online, on Youtube, or via the old-fashioned ABC “Good Morning America” way (That’s still … Continue reading →

One of the most versatile filmmakers who ever lived, a director at home with hot-button subjects (“In the Heat of the Night,” “A Soldier’s Story”), musicals (“Fiddler on the Roof,” “Jesus Christ Superstar”), intimate dramas (“The Cincinnati Kid,” “Agnes of … Continue reading →

Brazilian critic turned filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho made a smart, thoughtful documentary about films and criticism (“Critico”) some years back, and made a film festival darling that was Brazil’s submission as Best International Feature in 2014, “Neighboring Sounds,” a drama … Continue reading →

Well, this looks to send up Britain’s mania for its pre Arthurian past, does it not? Lots of lesser known outside the UK funny folk also in the cast, but that’s a good thing. April 5 in Python Land.

This has “festival darling” written all over it. Little-known (nepo baby included) cast headed by Zosia Mamet and Aristotle Athari, celebrated for being candy-colored, cute sci-fi on a budget. And chatty — “When Harry Met Sally” chatty. That’s the comparison … Continue reading →

Watching any mainstream Hollywood film of the mid-to-late ’60s is like wading into The Land of the Lost. A half century after the annointing of that corner of the Left Coast as the cinema’s capital and global arbiter of “cool,” … Continue reading →

The new German thriller “Sixty Minutes” lives or dies on the back of its brutal, sometimes bloody brawls, which push mixed martial arts mayhem in the movies to a new level. The beatdowns, punchups and kickdowns are savagely-staged and breathlessly-photographed … Continue reading →