Daily Archives: February 14, 2024

In the mood for a “Shaolin Soccer/Kung Fu Hustle” martial arts comedy, a Soviet era period piece reminding the world of the Bad Old Days when Russia was even more repressive than it is today? Well, so was I. But … Continue reading →

“Players” is a pre-#MeToo rom-com sitcom masquerading as a feature length comedy. It’s a leering, light but never funny and rarely charming throwback about a group of friends who run “plays” to help each other score one-night stands. They get … Continue reading →

The quiet inscrutability of the movies of Flemish filmmaker Bas Devos can be gleaned from their reviews, filled with vague appreciations and words like “unassuming” and “placidity.” Which is the viewer’s clue that the drama depicted is subtle in the … Continue reading →

Ten years after Harmony Korine gave us the downside of becoming “Spring Breakers,” a UK writer-director has given us the subtitled British version. Writer-director Molly Manning Walker’s “How to Have Sex” follows three hedonistic teens on their quest for the … Continue reading →