Anatomy of a Fall: The Red and the White
Over in France, Anatomy of a Fall was already an object of controversy before most people had seen it. That’s because after Justine Triet’s...
Marvels: Tag Team
Let me draw your attention to one thing about The Marvels. It’s the running time, a crisp 100 minutes even including the mid-credit sequence...
Persian Version: She’s So Unusual
A few years ago, I reviewed The Big Sick and pondered the possibility of Muslim filmmakers gaining an identity in Western cinema like other...
Priscilla: The Rock Star’s Wife
When I reviewed Elvis, I mentioned a bunch of subjects that Baz Luhrmann’s biopic merely brushed past. One of those subjects was Priscilla Presley...
Killers of the Flower Moon: Bloodlust, Osage County
In his 1995 documentary A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, the great director compares his profession to a smuggler’s. A filmmaker...
Dicks: Keep It Gay
Ladies and gentlemen, Dicks: The Musical is the gayest movie musical I have ever seen. And brother, you’d best believe I have seen some...
Eras Tour: Swift Success
I, Kristian Lin, being of sound body and relatively sound mind, hereby resolve not to quote any Taylor Swift lyrics in this review of...
The Royal Hotel: Don’t Blame It on the Alcohol
I didn’t hop on the hype train for The Assistant when I saw it in 2020. While I pegged director Kitty Green as someone...
When Evil Lurks: Patagonia Possession
Fifty years after The Exorcist broke new ground in horror cinema, a new movie about demonic possession comes to our multiplexes that’s fully in...
She Came to Me: Opera Man
It was 21 years ago that I went to the then-new Magnolia Theater in Dallas and saw Personal Velocity. An anthology film with three...
