The Tragedy of Macbeth
The promise of the combo: Coen, Washington, McDormand and, oh yeah, Shakespeare, may be scintillating, the result is every bit as stunning as we’d hoped.
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December 21, 2021Parallel Mothers
December 21, 2021
Pedro Almodovar’s melodrama is a full bodied toast to motherhood, the good, the bad and the oh so complicated.
Being the Ricardos
December 19, 2021
I’m all for showing the love for Lucy (and Desi) but I’m not sure this homage will make us feel it.
The King’s Man
December 19, 2021
Nightmare Alley
December 14, 2021
Guillermo del Toro’s remake of the 1940’s film noir is appropriately creepy. It’s also weirdly cold, which, sadly, neutralizes the whole damn thing.
And Just Like That
December 13, 2021
Too big and not Big Enough, the long awaited Sex and the City evolution pushes its embossed envelope in directions we need and some, maybe we don’t.
Don’t Look Up
December 8, 2021
Adam McKay’s alleged comedy about the end of the world should be ambitious. But, somehow, it sure doesn’t feel that way.
Red Rocket
December 6, 2021
Sean Baker’s disturbing comedy may not be perfect, but when it is, which it is often, it’s dynamite.
West Side Story
December 4, 2021
From the way he teases us with the first whistles of the overture, we know Steven Spielberg is in full control, telling us a story many of us know, his way. And, for the most part, his way is pretty damn swell.
