2filmcriticsAug 27, 20192 minThe Farewell ★★1/2 The opening line on the screen is “Based on a lie.” That may be the cleverest writing in “The Farewell,” which has a good idea at its core.
2filmcriticsAug 24, 20193 minYesterday ★★★The premise of “Yesterday" is that only one person in the world remembers The Beatles and their songs.
2filmcriticsAug 9, 20194 minOnce Upon a Time ... in Hollywood - ★★★★A kinder, gentler Tarantino? Yes and no. Revenge and violence are saved for the end.
2filmcriticsJun 19, 20193 minBad Times at The El Royale ★★ 1/2"Bad Times" could have been a very good film. It's not, but the acting of its non-stars makes it worth viewing.
2filmcriticsMay 28, 20194 minThe Sisters Brothers ★★★Impressive ensemble acting in a compelling and solid drama with some weaknesses.
2filmcriticsApr 22, 20192 minGloria Bell ★★ 1/2 A series of claustrophobic worlds — the discotheque, the automobile, the floor of a Vegas casino — restrain Gloria and turn her inward.
2filmcriticsApr 12, 20194 minUs ★★1/2Horror is the main course in "Us," which doesn't live up to Director Jordan Peele's promise in his remarkable 2017 "Get Out!"
2filmcriticsMar 16, 20193 minNever Look Away ★★★A compelling story inside this bloated, big budget indie.
2filmcriticsMar 7, 20192 minCapernaum ★★★★Social realism in one of 2018's best foreign films, set in Lebanon.
2filmcriticsFeb 22, 20192 minEverybody Knows ★★★What is it that everybody knows? (Or that “nobody knows,” the film’s original title)?
2filmcriticsFeb 20, 20192 minShoplifters ★★★ 1/2 The group has its pleasures, including crowding onto a tiny back porch to listen to fireworks they can’t see.
2filmcriticsFeb 5, 20193 minCold War ★★★ 1/2 Full of unexpected, and often inexplicable, or even perverse, twists and turns
2filmcriticsFeb 1, 20192 minThe Favourite ★★★ 1/2 If there were an Oscar for Best Ensemble, these three women would be “favourites.”
2filmcriticsJan 30, 20192 minCreed II ★★ 1/2 Rocky Balboa came from somewhere....Adonis Creed comes from nowhere.
2filmcriticsJan 20, 20193 minIf Beale Street Could Talk ★★★ 1/2 Deploying Baldwin’s voice of anger and rage to vilify whites and the American system of justice.
2filmcriticsDec 18, 20183 minCan You Ever Forgive me? ★★★ Jack and Lee share a dislike of the elite; she stole one of their coats, he peed on their furs. Welcome to the buddy film
2filmcriticsDec 15, 20183 minGreen Book ★★★ 1/2 Tony’s community invokes the white tribalism that’s central to today’s contentious racist, anti-immigrant Trumpian political culture.
2filmcriticsDec 6, 20181 minThe House with a Clock in its Walls ★★1/2 Young Lewis learns the trade and saves the day. Who would have guessed?
