Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

A widowed single-mom, broken-hearted over her aging father’s decline, finds something to look forward to in stealing another woman’s husband in “One Fine Morning (“Un beau matin”), the latest navel-gazing drama from the director of “Bergman Island” and “Goodbye First … Continue reading →

Dopey, transgressive, off-the-wall? Check out Matthew Broderick’s haircut. J-Law leans into…something for this June 23 farce about “helicopter parents” trying to transaction a woman into spending time with their “undatable” 19 year old dork of a son. A few chuckles … Continue reading →

You’d think a guy this obsessed with private eye Philip Marlowe, particularly Elliott Gould’s interpretation of the gumshoe in Robert Altman’s “The Long Goodbye,” could figure things out a lot sooner than “10 Days.” But that’s the length of time … Continue reading →

Victoria Justice co-stars, with Noah Schnapp from “Stranger Things” as the seriously creepy rich kid whose education merits a head-snapping day-rate for tutoring. But he makes sure it isn’t worth it. March 24

Spare, dark and gritty to a degree rare in Chinese cinema, “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” is a thoroughly engrossing film noir about guilt and a resolve to somehow make things right. Eddie Peng of “The Great Wall” and “Love after … Continue reading →

No, our most inscrutable, cerebral documentary, feature films director and occasional movie bad guy Herzog didn’t direct this. The chap who made “The Search for General Tso,” a Chinese cuisine and restaurant doc did. But a movie about preserving proof … Continue reading →

“Punch” is a gritty yet warm Kiwi coming-of-age drama about boxing, machismo and teenaged sexual identity and discovery. Its subject matter predicts the genre cliches it can’t avoid. But some novel twists, artfully unfussy direction, sensitive performances and a strong … Continue reading →

A Gospel-tinged music comedy about an R & B singer who comes South to stay with family only to find a new route to glory via throwing a lot of razzle and dazzle and rhythm and blues at “church music.” … Continue reading →

Germany, Turkey and Croatia aren’t exactly hotspots for romantic comedies. But today’s “Around the World with Netflix” offering samples all three languages and cultures for a stunningly scenic and sometimes adorable bit of formulaic fun. “Faraway” is about a neglected … Continue reading →

Somewhere in LA, editors are at work on the Academy Awards’ version of this. Frankly, Oscar should just ask for permission to use the SAG version. It’s more thorough and maybe the best of these I’ve seen since the one … Continue reading →