Country Strong: Let It Go
The pre-World War II film director Howard Hawks once said that a good movie consisted of three good scenes and no bad ones. Country...
Lu Over the Wall: Siren’s Songs
We’re used to animated movie musicals over here, but what about Japan? It’s puzzling that we haven’t had more anime musicals, considering Japan’s insanely...
The Top 10
I’m in pain while I compile this. It’s true that every year, I find worthy movies that fail to make even the honorable mention...
Love Lies Bleeding: Girls & Guns
Shortly after I reviewed Saint Maud, I heard that its writer-director, Rose Glass, was working on a film with Kristen Stewart. Without knowing anything...
Kid Detective: The Hardy Man
The Kid Detective is set in a place that’s familiar from other children’s movies, one of those quaint, picturesque small towns where the streets...
Ford v Ferrari: Hard Miles
The NASCAR season winds to a close this weekend, and if you find you still need your speed fix, you can do much worse...
World Traveler
Most filmmakers I interview are quite happy to chatter about their own work. It is, after all, the purpose of our conversation. Not so...
Beale Street: Dusky Dream Harlem
The movies have mostly neglected James Baldwin, but the 20th-century novelist and essayist foresaw everything that’s happening in Trump’s America, so it’s good that...
Nowhere Boy: It’s Real Love
It’s mesmerizing to watch Aaron Johnson in Nowhere Boy. The extraordinarily pretty 20-year-old has been performing on screen since his childhood, but the native...
Bonus Film Review: Sing
An animated musical for the holidays, Sing suffers from coming out the same weekend as a much better live-action musical. Even if we didn't...
