Stoker: India and Korea
A few months ago, I wrote about the wave of South Korean filmmakers coming to America. That wave reaches much higher tide with Stoker,...
Django Unchained: I’m No Slave 4 U
Last month, Steven Spielberg put out Lincoln, a movie about the evils of slavery. Predictably, he took a serious, high-minded approach to the issue....
Thor: Good God Almighty
Everyone seems surprised that Kenneth Branagh is directing Thor. Well, I’m not. True, he made his name directing and starring in a string of...
Eternals: God’s-Eye View
This was bound to happen at some point, a filmmaker goes from winning Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture to helming a Marvel...
Mile After Mile
After the success of the movie version of Wild, it seems inevitable that someone would make a film of A Walk in the Woods:...
Phantom: Cold Sub
In the narrow field of movies set on Soviet submarines, Phantom comes a distant second to The Hunt for Red October and struggles to...
The Blackness Project
Dear White People vividly reminds us of what we already know: It’s a complicated business growing up black in America. So many stereotypes have...
Of an Age: Riding in Cars With Boys
Not a great deal happens in Of an Age. I’ve decided I’m okay with that. These days, all the coming-of-age movies are relegated to...
Informers
On some level, I can’t help but feel sorry for Black Mass. This movie gives off every sign of wanting to be very serious...
Oscar’s Hidden Gold
Hey, look! It’s an Oscar ceremony in March, just like we used to have every year. With all the attention on the Best Picture...
