Daily Archives: October 19, 2026

Movie Review: A Chinese Saga About the Iraq War’s Victims — “Once Upon a Time in the Middle East”

“Once Upon a Time in the Middle East” is a Chinese blockbuster with an Iraqi War setting and spaghetti Western title. As epic sagas go, Muye Wen’s film lurches along a tightrope, teetering between intimately sprawling and ambitiously overreaching, between … Continue reading →

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Documentary Review: “Who is Martin Mull?” remembers the Comic, Musician, Actor and Painter

“Martin Mull,” some viewers — ones who remember one of the great comic phenomena of the ’70s may wonder? “Didn’t he die?” Yes. Yes he did. Back in 2024, by which time he was not so much “forgotten” as a … Continue reading →

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