Possessor: Some Bodies
I’m trying to avoid the clichés endemic to film critics when I’m talking about Andrea Riseborough, but it isn’t easy resisting the temptation to...
Kajillionaire: July Heist
Of all the filmmakers to make a caper film, Miranda July would have ranked very low on the list of people I’d expect. The...
The Nest: Keeping Up Appearances
We haven’t heard much from Sean Durkin since his debut feature almost a decade ago, Martha Marcy May Marlene. I could be wrong, but...
Tenet: If I Could Turn Back Time
They say that life can only be understood backward but must be lived forward. Well, Christopher Nolan says, “Screw all that. We can do...
David Copperfield‘s Tricks
I had all these complex theories about why there are so few good film versions of Charles Dickens’ novels. Then I saw The Personal...
Words on Bathroom Walls: Plummer and Chef
A plurality of movie theaters reopens in Tarrant County this week. Along with so much else, the coronavirus epidemic has shifted the parameters of...
Sputnik: Passenger
For decades, Russian filmmakers have largely ignored the international audience. They’ve made films strictly for domestic moviegoers, because there have been enough of those...
Black, Gold, and Red Penguins
My interests in hockey and film don’t often intersect, but with the NHL back on the ice, Universal Studios is putting out Red Penguins,...
Amulet: Chiroptophobia
Nowhere have women film directors made such an impact as in horror movies. Of course, women have now directed great films in every genre,...
Yes, God, Yes: Avoid Leafy Greens
Yes, God, Yes brings back memories for me, because it is set at a Catholic school spiritual retreat in the early 2000s. I went...
