Monthly Archives: March 2024

Hard, brittle and cutting short stories like “A Good Man is Hard to Find” sealed Flanney O’Connor’s reputation as an unblinking observer of humanity, mostly in its Southern form. “I try to turn the other cheek, but my tongue’s always … Continue reading →

“The Bloody Hundredth” is a documentary commemoration of the real-life airmen whose exploits fighting the air war in Europe during World War II inspired Apple TV’s fine “Masters of the Air” series. We meet some of the survivors of that … Continue reading →

Dark, darkly funny, surreal and nauseatingly violent, “Love Lies Bleeding” is a serious shock to the system. “Saint Maud” writer-director Rose Glass’s second feature delivers jolts, grim jokes and grisly killings in a queer noir thriller brimming over with “Bound” … Continue reading →

“One Life” is an inspiring drama about efforts to save refugee children — mostly Jewish — from Czechoslovakia in the months leading into World War II. It’s a meandering if sometimes moving story of asserting one’s humanity and appealing to … Continue reading →

“Arthur the King” is a sweetly sentimental story all but guaranteed to move any dog fancier to tears. A Mark Wahlberg star vehicle in which he’s more or less second banana to a dog — at least when they’re on … Continue reading →

If Oscar night and a scattering of “out there” movie and series turns hadn’t made it obvious, that darned John Cena is pretty Down for Anything. Nude “Best Costume” presentation, or dressing up as Alice Cooper or Britney Spears in … Continue reading →

This Netflix thriller further ensures that the days when “AI” stood for Allen Iverson are gone baby gone. Judging from the trailer, this is one good looking space mission in crisis thriller. But we’ll have to see.Lopez has so much … Continue reading →

A deaf child whose family is murdered is trained and interior-monologued into seeking his revenge on those who did it. And the world in general. This April 26 thriller-comedy is based on a short film and not a comic book … Continue reading →

Production designer Meghan C. Rogers cooks up a fine M.C. Escher nightmare world of doors, dead ends and perils folding in on themselves for the drawn-out finale of “Imaginary,” another variation on the sinister side of having a childhood “imaginary … Continue reading →

No Mark Wahlberg doesn’t have the title role. He’s all but doomed to be upstaged. By a dog. But he’s being a good sport about it. So here goes. (Updated, here’s my review.)