Drama 5/9

Jan 19, 2020
4 min

Bombshell ★★1/2

The 3 women in “Bombshell” should get an ensemble cast award—if the Oscars had one.The director, writer & editors should go back to school.

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Jan 16, 2020
4 min

1917 ★★★

Mendes’ white-knuckle tale of 2 British soldiers on a perilous one-day mission through enemy territory in the war-ravaged French countryside

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Jan 9, 2020
4 min

Knives Out ★★★

A worthy murder mystery/detective procedural, complete with the twists and turns we expect—and don’t. Agatha Christie meets "Clue."

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Jan 5, 2020
4 min

Little Women ★★★1/2

“Little Women” is surprisingly contemporary in its focus on women, as least as told by Greta Gerwig in her 2019 adaptation of Alcott's book.

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Dec 20, 2019
4 min

Marriage Story ★★★

It deserves kudos it’s received for the strong acting of Driver and Johansson. What surrounds the couple, however,is close to pure kitsch.

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Dec 14, 2019
3 min

Queen & Slim ★★★1/2

“Queen & Slim” is a fresh take on the buddy/road trip, and not solely because the protagonists are black.

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Nov 20, 2019
3 min

"Cold Brook" ★★1/2

“Cold Brook,” a buddy caper set in upstate New York, is a small, small-town, feel-good film, done well.

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Nov 9, 2019
3 min

Jojo Rabbit ★★★1/2

“Jojo Rabbit” situates comedy in Nazism & succeeds. It’s a heart-warming drama with a moral center & a genuinely funny, laugh-out-loud film.

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Nov 5, 2019
3 min

Parasite ★★★★

As an exploration of class disparity, "Parasite" succeeds where “Joker” tries and fails, and where “Downton Abbey” doesn’t even try.

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Nov 1, 2019
3 min

Joker ★★★1/2

At the center of “Joker” is an exquisite portrait of Arthur Fleck; Joaquin Phoenix, superbly mixes boyish naiveté with simmering rage.

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Oct 25, 2019
3 min

Ad Astra ★★1/2

The father/son theme doesn’t play out well & the film is no "Gravity," but “Ad Astra” offers plenty of action and strong acting by Pitt.

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Oct 16, 2019
3 min

Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria) ★★★

“Pain and Glory” is a deeply personal reflection on an illustrious career and late-life crises. And yet, one could wish for more boldness.

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Oct 10, 2019
2 min

First Love (Hatsukoi) ★★1/2

First Love” is prolific Japanese director Takashi Miike's latest ode to non-stop action, creative weaponry and over-the-top violence.

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Oct 8, 2019
4 min

Downton Abbey ★★★

Fans of the television series (2010-2015) won’t be disappointed. It's all here: a superb cast, that large manor house, dozens of characters.

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Oct 1, 2019
3 min

Monos ★★★1/2

“Apocalypse Now” meets “Lord of the Flies" is one way to describe this distinctive, unnerving film from Brazilian director Alejandro Landes.

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Sep 23, 2019
4 min

The Goldfinch ★★★

Pulitzer Prize-winning book " The Goldfinch" bombs at the movie box office. Why?

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Sep 16, 2019
2 min

Late Night ★★1/2

“Late Night” is a predictable melodrama. Presented as a comedy, it’s not funny enough. And yet, it's saved by Emma Thompson's performance.

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Sep 8, 2019
3 min

Good Boys ★★★

Innocence Not Quite Lost. Foul-mouthed 12-year old boys. That’s how “Good Boys” has been marketed, and not without reason.

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Aug 27, 2019
2 min

The 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.

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Aug 24, 2019
3 min

Yesterday ★★★

The premise of “Yesterday" is that only one person in the world remembers The Beatles and their songs.

A Chiara

Happening (L'Événement)

The Northman

King Richard

A Hero (Ghahreman)

CODA

Flee (Flugt)

Parallel Mothers (Madres paraleles)

Nightmare Alley

The Worst Person in the World

Drive My Car

Spencer

Licorice Pizza

Petite Maman

INTERVIEW with Warren Beatty’s Reds historical consultant, Robert A. Rosenstone

Bergman Island

Passing

The Lost Daughter

Belfast

tick, tick...BOOM!

The Power of the Dog

Pig

The French Dispatch

Bad Attitude: The Art of Spain Rodriguez

The Souvenir (Part One)

Dune

Black Bear

No Time to Die

Acasă, My Home (“Acasă”)

No Sudden Move

Quo Vadis, Aida?

Shiva Baby

The Green Knight

White on White

The Truffle Hunters

Zola

In the Heights

Riders of Justice

A Quiet Place Part II

There Is No Evil

Syndrome K

The Forty-Year-Old Version

Judas and the Black Messiah

Crip Camp

The Father

Promising Young Woman

News of the World

Nomadland

Minari

Another Round ("Druk")

Some Kind of Heaven

The White Tiger

One Night in Miami

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Mangrove

Mank

You Never Had It: An Evening with Bukowski

The True Adventures of Wolfboy

The Vast of Night

Martin Eden

Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful

The Wild Goose Lake

Cuties ("Mignonnes")

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

The Assistant

Palm Springs

Sorry We Missed You

The Painted Bird

The Truth

Bacurau

Da 5 Bloods

Beanpole

Tommaso

L'Innocente ("The Innocent")

The Painter and the Thief

Bad Education

Until the Birds Return

The Two Popes

The Lighthouse

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Midsommar

Ford v Ferrari

American Factory

First Cow

Seberg

Ordinary Love

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

The Traitor/Il Traditore

Uncut Gems

Les Misérables

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Bombshell

1917

Knives Out

Little Women

Marriage Story

Queen & Slim

The Irishman

Cold Brook

Jojo Rabbit

Parasite

Joker

Ad Astra

Pain and Glory

First Love

Downton Abbey

Monos

The Goldfinch

Late Night

Good Boys

The Farewell

Yesterday

Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood

They Shall Not Grow Old

Toy Story 4

Bad Times at the El Royale

Bob Wilson's Life and
Death of Marina
Abramovic

The Sisters Brothers

Gloria Bell

Us

Won't You Be My
Neighbor

Never Look Away

Capernaum

Everybody Knows

Shoplifters

Three Identical Strangers

Minding the Gap

Cold War

The Favourite

Creed II

If Beale Street Could Talk

Roma

Can You Ever Forgive Me

Green Book

The House with a Clock in its Walls

Wildlife

The Kindergarten Teacher

Free Solo

A Star is Born

Museo

Eighth Grade

BlacKkKlansman

Sorry to Bother You

A Ciambra

The First Purge

Piazza Vittorio

Loro 1

My Cousin Rachel

Black Panther

Marshall

Call Me By Your Name

I, Tonya

Mudbound

The Darkest Hour

The Post

The Shape of Water

Indiscretion of an American Wife (Stazione Termini)

Downsizing

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

INTERVIEW with "Blade Runner" Screenwriter Hampton Fancher

Lady Bird

Rome Adventure

Last Flag Flying

Mother!

Blade Runner 2049

Logan Lucky

Wonder Woman

Dunkirk

The Beguiled

Berlin Syndrome

Facing Windows

Baby Driver

Personal Shopper

INTERVIEW with "John Wick" Screenwriter Derek Kolstad

I Am Not Your Negro

Sing

Get Out

The Salesman

Toni Erdmann

Hacksaw Ridge

Hidden Figures

Fences

Arrival

Elle

Lion

La La Land

Hell or High Water

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Doctor Strange

Florence Foster Jenkins

Demon

Mia Madre

Indignation

Captain Fantastic

Weiner

2 FILM CRITICS

Bill and Dianne's Excellent Adventure

Reviewing Films, Together

Bombshell ★★1/2

1917 ★★★

Knives Out ★★★

Little Women ★★★1/2

Marriage Story ★★★

Queen & Slim ★★★1/2

"Cold Brook" ★★1/2

Jojo Rabbit ★★★1/2

Parasite ★★★★

Joker ★★★1/2

Ad Astra ★★1/2

Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria) ★★★

First Love (Hatsukoi) ★★1/2

Downton Abbey ★★★

Monos ★★★1/2

The Goldfinch ★★★

Late Night ★★1/2

Good Boys ★★★

The Farewell ★★1/2

Yesterday ★★★

4 STARS

Bombshell ★★1/2

1917 ★★★

Knives Out ★★★

Little Women ★★★1/2

Marriage Story ★★★

Queen & Slim ★★★1/2

"Cold Brook" ★★1/2

Jojo Rabbit ★★★1/2

Parasite ★★★★

Joker ★★★1/2

Ad Astra ★★1/2

Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria) ★★★

First Love (Hatsukoi) ★★1/2

Downton Abbey ★★★

Monos ★★★1/2

The Goldfinch ★★★

Late Night ★★1/2

Good Boys ★★★

The Farewell ★★1/2

Yesterday ★★★

4 STARS

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