Wrapped in a family friendly gauze, this one’s real lessons remind us of our responsibilities to the Earth, our country and our fellow man.
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The Penguin Lessons
March 26, 2025Black Bag
March 12, 2025
Sharp and sleek, Steven Soderbergh’s spy treat glides us along on a very fun, if somewhat confusing ride.
Captain America: Brave New World
February 12, 2025
This one gets the job done. As long as all you’re asking is to move the story along and set us up for yet more of the franchise.
I’m Still Here
February 3, 2025
Is anyone really safe? Is anyone really safe?
That’s the unshakeable takeaway from Walter Salles’s haunting retelling of what happened to one family, living in Brazil in the early 1970’s.
September 5
January 16, 2025
Taut and eerily thrilling, this retelling of the tragic events of the 1972 Munich Olympics carries lessons that are as urgent today as they were, decades ago.
Better Man
January 5, 2025
A Complete Unknown
December 21, 2024
Is James Mangold’s biography of Bob Dylan, or at least his early days, a great piece of art? No. Is it revelatory or even historically accurate? Not really. But, close as it is to all that, it is also one of the most entertaining movies of the year.
Joanna Langfield’s Top 10 Movies of 2024
December 13, 2024
The Last Showgirl
December 13, 2024
The surprise poignancy and performance here are what gives this slender sweetie its real pizazz.
Nickel Boys
December 10, 2024
An uncompromising fever dream, RaMell Ross’s film, based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize winning book, is brilliant, challenging and frustrating.
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