Film Criticsim

This review originally ran on June 25th, as part of our coverage of the Nantucket Film Festival. We wrapped up...

Ben Affleck is one hell of a filmmaker. His previous credentials as a director include Gone Baby Gone (2007), The...

The debate rages on as to whether films in theaters will survive. We already know event films will have no...

I’ve always found myself easier among animals than people. I’m the kind of person who doesn’t like parties, but if...

“It is unfortunate that in most cases when the sins of the father fall on the son it is because...

Chadwick Boseman's untimely and tragic death came as a shock to many. The Black Panther star kept his four-year battle...

“The Lyme Borrelia bacterium is one of the smartest bacteria on the planet. This organism knows how to change forms....

Jordan Peele's debut film, Get Out, might be an achievement he never gets out from under. A modern-day horror masterpiece,...

Day five would wrap things up for me on the ground at the Nantucket Film Festival. It's been an exciting...

Day four at Nantucket would prove to be the best day of the festival. Aside from some great films, the...

In 1993, Bearsden Academy, a state secondary school in an affluent suburb of Glasgow, Scotland, welcomed 16-year-old Brandon Lee to...

Documentaries made up a good portion of my second day at NFF. I started bright and early with Netflix's powerful...

In 2019, I had the privilege of attending the Nantucket Film Festival (NFF), which takes place on the quaint and...

In the summer of 1991, Katia and Maurice Krafft, a fearless French couple who shared a passionate love for nature,...

In the 1960s, the Chelsea Hotel was the epicenter of avant garde art and a sanctuary for the counterculture that...

Adam Sandler's career is one of the most interesting and diverse of any actor I can remember. As a standout...

There is a lot to unpack in House of Gucci, Ridley Scott's outrageous real-life story of crime and passion surrounding...

For many of us, the movie theater provides a sense of shelter. A refuge from our daily lives. It's part...

2019 has been a wide open year for the Oscar race, in all categories. That means ALL CATEGORIES. There is...

The Gotham awards used to come so early in the race no one paid much attention to them. Back then,...