Monthly Archives: February 2025

Attention to detail is one thing we typically celebrate in a cinematic period piece, a movie meant to transport us to a particular corner of the past. But when it comes to the Edo Period Japanese romance “Okiku and the … Continue reading →

March 25, a lot of folks who remember, puzzled over and were impressed by Andy K. weigh in.

The land of opportunity, the state of possibilities and “the love that dare not speak its name.” Or “names.” Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva and Sasha Calle star in this period piece based on a Shannon Pufahl … Continue reading →

In Billy Wilder’s “Sunset Boulevard,” the deluded, forgotten silent film star Norma Desmond lamented a lost and very different era in cinema — silent films. “We didn’t need dialogue,” she bellows. “We had FACES!” It’s a line that comes to … Continue reading →

Today’s Around the World with Netflix offering is another cringey-cutesie comedy from Poland, a wish-fulfillment farce about an old industry, a new couple and the “old ways” — which include Poland’s long history of racism. “Death Before the Wedding” is … Continue reading →

LOL, right? No agent’s going to get fired for getting her or his client Apple money to make a movie directed by the guy who filmed “Doctor Strange” and “Black Phone.” But oy. This script. These characters. This dialogue. This … Continue reading →

Golly guys, I still haven’t worn out my t shirts from the original film, which was about a math whiz who knows too much. April 25.

Arch, stylized and production designed to the nth degree, “100 Yards” is a sort of ramen noodles martial arts Western. With their harmonica and guitar backed score, sibling filmmakers Hoafeng Xu and Jenfung Xu lean into Leone — Sergio, that … Continue reading →

The great Western director John Ford’s idea of filming a British police procedural was to make it a lot like his Westerns. He’d make the hero ironic — serious when need be, but comically bewildered at times. Domestic life would … Continue reading →

Any fans who go to comic book movies for escape from the real world and the comfort of familiar godlike characters achieving something resembling justice and just deserts for evil-doers is going to lament the experience that “Captain America: Brave … Continue reading →