Not every film needs to be a piece of art to make its point. And, while Mimi Leder’s biopic is no piece of art, it does remind us that, even before she became a cultural phenomenon, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a national treasure.
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Joanna Langfield’s Top Ten Movies of 2018
December 10, 2018If Beale Street Could Talk.
December 1, 2018
Roma
November 20, 2018
Like any art at its greatest, Alfonso Cuaron’s autobiographical drama lets us see things we have seen before in a way we may never have seen them before.
The Favourite
November 20, 2018
As compelling as it is to watch, this film is also a reminder that sometimes you can respect the hell out of something and still be miserable as hell watching it.
Green Book
November 16, 2018
Widows
November 13, 2018
A nifty, nimble marriage of prestige and pulp, this one packs a whole lot into a highly entertaining package.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
November 8, 2018
This Western, told in six very different chapters, feels like a mirror reflecting the Coen Brothers’ filmography. Uncompromising, wildly funny, morally definitive and often deeply moving, not all of it works. But when it does, watch out. At its best, this one will take your breath away.
Bohemian Rhapsody.
October 23, 2018
If, indeed, the intent of this bio-pic is to chronicle the events that led to Queen and Freddie Mercury’s legendary performance at Live Aid, well, I guess the goal has been met. The movie, as it is, is fine. But it could have been so much more.
