Porn Again
What is it about Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the last week of September? For the third straight year (after last year’s Looper and 2011’s 50/50),...
Moonrise Kingdom: Sam ♥ Suzy
All of Wes Anderson’s movies are children’s movies. That’s what I realized while watching his Moonrise Kingdom, a spellbinding piece of work that opens...
Blazing a Trail
Jasmin Jandreau was born in Los Angeles, but, she said, she’s definitely a “Texas girl.” Indeed, the actor grew up in Richardson and graduated...
Moana: Once on This Island
Moana
Voices by Auli’i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. Written by Jared Bush. Rated PG.
When Hollywood talks about “diversity,”...
Ma Rainey: Levee Sings the Blues
When Chadwick Boseman died this past summer, we heard that he had one performance left in the can, a starring role in a film...
A Taxi Driver: Korea Cab
If it's August, it must be time for Korean movies. While Hollywood takes its annual breather between the summer blockbusters and the fall prestige...
Irishman: Made Man
In the end, The Irishman’s winless fate at the Oscars was probably down to a surfeit of woe-is-me tales about aging white guys like...
Bohemian Rhapsody: The Show Must Go On
Great movies often have great performances, but I think it must be harder for an actor to give a great performance in the midst...
Good Time: Red Dye
While us film critics are busy writing up the glittering success that Kristen Stewart has had after the Twilight series (and yes, that includes...
Blow-Opp
Why do we watch a three-hour historical epic? We do it to be swallowed up. Other types of movies can make us see how...
