Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

The great Taiwanese-American Ang Lee made a most auspicious if little-seen feature directing debut with “Pushing Hands,” a sentimental dramedy about an old tai chi master whose move to New York goes anything but smoothly. After a decade of making … Continue reading →

The set-up for this “Around the World with Netflix” presentation is every bit as simple as that headline. A gorgeous workaholic Spanish architect (Maxi Iglesias) is sent to Cuzco, Peru, to pick a spot, secure property and build a “seven … Continue reading →

Think of “Topside” as a subterranean “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” A child, growing up isolated, knowing only her immediate surroundings and her sometimes-absent parent, lets us see this “mole people” existence through her wide, unblinking eyes. Co-writers/directors Celine Held … Continue reading →

Alas, the last cinema in sleepy Okeechobee, Fla

I reviewed this gem about a little seen culture above the Arctic Circle a few months back. Will the good folks in the great rural expanse of Okeechobee County, next the lake that bears that name, and smack in the … Continue reading →

A seriously intense and cryptic trailer is a pretty good selling for this Amazon Prime series, which premieres April 15. Brolin, Imogen Poots, Lili Taylor, Isabel Arraiza and Will Paxton star in “Outer Range,” created by a first-time screenwriter. Looks … Continue reading →

When I was a kid I lived next door to a respectable middle class gent who ran the local pool hall in the small town where I grew up. His family made great neighbors, but I remember getting a warning, … Continue reading →

This March 25 was a film festival darling and now earns a commerical release March 25.

“Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” made Noomi Rapace one of the unlikeliest action heroines the screen has ever produced. She’s tiny –5’4″ — and when she cinches up a belt around her puffy polar jacket in her latest action thriller, … Continue reading →

Mood and message are paramount in Amazon Studios’ “Master,” a tale of institutional racism masquerading as a horror-on-campus thriller, instead of the other way around. First-time writer-director Mariama Diallo goes for a “Get Out” parable, wound up in the ingrained … Continue reading →