Daily Archives: February 24, 2024

This looks like a step away from the blockbusters she’s typically associated with on the big screen (“Greatest Showman,” “Spider-Man,” “Dune”). Let’s see how a pixie-pretty leading lady holds the picture together in a dramedy about tennis and love matches … Continue reading →

“The Peasants” is a film based on a village life melodrama of the same title written by the Pole Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont in four massive volumes in the 1920s. Even the fact that Reymont won the Nobel Prize for literature … Continue reading →

The cinema of Stanley Kramer is marked by movies that touched, directly or indirectly, matters of great social import and social justice. Race and racism messages were carried in “The Defiant Ones” and “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.” The perils … Continue reading →

This weekend at the movies is the calm before the “Dune” sandstorm. “Dune: Part 2” is coming March 1, and will bury every film released this year in a sandstorm of ticket sales. Pre-release reviews have been raptorous, even (up … Continue reading →