Housing Balloon
The best part of Pixar's new movie Up comes early on. The film starts with its main character, Carl Fredericksen, as a little boy...
Portrait of a Lady: Hint from Héloïse
Today’s film-school term is “male gaze.” Developed in the 1970s by British film theorist Laura Mulvey, this idea holds that movies are made from...
Stubefying
I suppose when I beat the drum for more films with lead actors of Asian descent, I mean something like Stuber, a generic action-comedy...
Absolute Zero
“You see, there are still small glimmers of civilization amid this barbaric slaughterhouse that we know as humanity, and I like to think that...
Beautiful Boy
I’d like to take a minute to introduce you to someone. Xavier Dolan started out as a child actor in his native Canada, and...
Greene Journalism
Much like Dreamgirls, Talk to Me is set in the recent past and addresses the vexing question of the place of black entertainers in...
Thunderbolts*: Avengerz with a “Z”
The Marvel series confronts franchise fatigue head on during the opening of Thunderbolts*. While Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) executes a BASE jump off a...
Vice: What a Dick
I stopped making box-office predictions for movies long ago, when I realized I suck at them. However, I’m making a bold one for Vice:...
Love and Other Drugs: Jagged Little Pill
The promotional materials for Love and Other Drugs make it look like a cookie-cutter romantic comedy, but that’s wrong. The movie is actually a...
Marigold Hotel: Indian Summer
We’ve all seen movies about British people who travel abroad to find their true selves. There is no shortage of examples, from the pretty...
