Daily Archives: February 8, 2024

Romain Duris and Paul Kircher stars in this festival-acclaimed French sci-fi fantasy about family, evolution and a magical transformation of the human species. It’s from the director of “Love at First Fight,” and this version of “The Animal Kingdom” — … Continue reading →

“Lost in Perfection” is a generally straightforward melodrama with thriller elements, or maybe a simple thriller with lots of melodrama (contrived plot twists and character “complications”). But every so often, one is allowed to ponder if it isn’t some sort … Continue reading →

It is a dreadful oversight on someone’s part that the picture of Audrey Tatou as “Amélie” doesn’t adorn the Wikipedia page for the word “coquette.” Wide-eyed and adorable, with a pixie haircut emphasizing her youth and that dimpled smile evoking … Continue reading →

There’s a stranger in this dusty, 1870 New Mexican town. But as it’s just after the Civil War, this stranger, packing a Remington six-shooter, is Black. Rail thin, served, but “barely,” in the log-cabin excuse for a saloon, asked for … Continue reading →