Monthly Archives: June 2024

A stylish bit of A-24 terror with Brandy Norwood squaring off against Kathryn Hunter, who played one of the witches in the Denzel/McDormand/Coen “Macbeth.” Sept. 6.

“The Bikeriders” is hands-down the most pointless biker movie ever made. With a narrative limping along on one training wheel, it mopes in an inane circle through the middle era of modern biker gangs, between the post-war “Wild One” birth … Continue reading →

“Ghostlight” is an intimate, moving indie drama about the transformative power of art and the mental health benefits of the theatre. An “actors’ picture” in the purest sense of the phrase, its players take us on an emotional journey that … Continue reading →

The Austrian thriller “The Devil’s Bath” is a patient, pitiless descent into madness, belief and the helplessness of a time and place where life was, as the philosopher put it, “nasty, brutish and short.” Based on research of historical case … Continue reading →

Peyton List and Brianna Middleton are among the embattled offspring. “Coming soon?”

“OutStanding: A Comedy Revolution” is one of the most informative and certainly the most entertaining historical documentaries about LGBTQ history on offer this Pride Month. Built around Netflix’s earlier 2022 “Stand Out:An LGBTQ+ Celebration,” featuring legions of “out” gay entertainers … Continue reading →

The setting is striking and ancient, with the unmistakable Bridges of Edinburgh used as a backdrop time and time again. There’s no real reason for the Italian pan-national thriller “It’s Not Over” to set 20 or so scenes in front … Continue reading →

Based on the Laura Lippman novel, this ’60 period piece (Dame Shirley singing the best song from “Man of La Mancha” in the trailer) is about a Baltimore housewife digging into an unsolved murder. Y’lan Noel, David Corenswet and Mikey … Continue reading →

That’s a durable thriller/horror title, evocative enough to be recycled even if most movies carrying this name have little to do with one another. This Kit Harington vehicle was filmed under “What Remains of Us,” a story of a British … Continue reading →

Perhaps you didn’t know you needed a twisted comedy about clowns, on the backroads of Ireland after “The Event,” struggling for fame, love and simple “acceptance” after the world ends. But everybody gets the joke, that even after the power … Continue reading →