Aaron Sorkin has delivered a fast paced, highly entertaining film about the "theater as trial" of the Chicago 7. They...
Read moreI've been online since 1994. That was before there was even a working web, for the most part. That open...
Read moreYou never want to be the first person to arrive at a party or the last person to leave. In...
Read moreAs this year’s TIFF nears its end, we’re treated to more titles that received the Cannes 2020 label and officially...
Read moreMy favorite thing about watching films at film festivals is the variety. You may watch one that spends two hours...
Read moreWhen you’re watching a film about a Chukotkan whlae hunter, you don’t necessarily expect it to open in a seedy...
Read moreGod bless the French for making so many movies about love. The good kind of love, the bad kind of...
Read moreLuca loves his sunshine, doesn't he? There is an anxious curiosity to Luca Guadagnino's sunny coming-of-age series, We Are Who...
Read moreIn two films I saw today, the protagonist ends up in court, a place for finding the truth and administering...
Read moreOne of the great joys of covering film festivals is the discovery of talents, the sense of being struck by...
Read moreOne of the most hotly anticipated films of this festival season finally premiered today. Written for the screen, directed and...
Read moreBeing a longtime admirer, it’s a particular thrill for me to receive accreditation to cover the Toronto International Film Festival...
Read morePlot twist: We’ve been able to see one more film from the official selection of the 77th Venice Film Festival...
Read moreFull disclosure: I’m not in Venice. The organizers’ commitment to holding a “physical” (still hating that description) edition of the...
Read moreBefore chance and circumstance turned the Venice Film Festival into a full-blown Oscar campaign stop where the likes of JOKER,...
Read moreIn the age of the coronavirus, movie lovers have mostly two choices: watch stuff you've already seen, or take a...
Read moreThe Alienist was a surprise hit back in 2018. Not only did it grab good ratings for TNT, but it...
Read moreCOVID-19 has brought festival season to a screeching halt, and this month's disruption is the Palm Springs International Shortfest. Since an...
Read moreMany childhood best friends don't stay best friends. Once you grow up, you tend to drift apart and only stay...
Read moreLet's pray for a boy. The world is too cruel to girls. Josephine Decker's Shirley makes an interesting and fresh...
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