2filmcriticsApr 214 minJudas and the Black Messiah ★★★The film resonates loudly with what is happening now at the hands of the police to black and brown men - and some poor white people.
2filmcriticsApr 174 minCrip Camp ★★★★"Crip Camp" - about “a camp for the handicapped, run by hippies” - is a story that makes for a powerful and intensely personal film.
2filmcriticsApr 14 minThe Father ★★★★As Anthony, the 84-year-old protagonist, Anthony Hopkins is at his King Lear best, and as his daughter Anne, Olivia Colman is just as good.
2filmcriticsMar 254 minPromising Young Woman ★★★1/2Cassie (short for Cassandra) is a magnificent machine of vengeance, played to steely perfection by award-winning actress Carey Mulligan.
2filmcriticsMar 193 minNews of the World ★★1/2News of the World” has all the trappings of the on-the-road adventure genre, with hints of the Western and the buddy film.
2filmcriticsMay 1, 20203 minThe Two Popes ★★★Powerful performances by Anthony Hopkins Jonathan Pryce make it an entertaining film but one that skims the surface of moral issues.
2filmcriticsApr 22, 20203 minThe Lighthouse ★★★Will appeal to moviegoers who enjoy the intimacy and confinement of the setting--and who don’t mind a journey to the edge of horror.
2filmcriticsMar 30, 20204 minFord v Ferrari ★★★1/2 This historical drama of the individual and bureaucracy is as good as Hollywood gets, with multiple riveting races.
2filmcriticsMar 20, 20204 minAmerican Factory ★★★This 2019 Best Documentary, is the story—at its best—of a clash of cultures when the Chinese re-open an Ohio factory.
2filmcriticsFeb 6, 20204 minLes Miserables ★★★1/2 “Battle of Algiers” meets “Lord of the Flies.” Exciting, scary, tragic, riveting. Won Cannes Jury Prize; nominee Best International Feature
2filmcriticsJan 19, 20204 minBombshell ★★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.
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 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 12, 20192 minMinding the Gap ★★★ 1/2 The pleasures of speed and risk, and the flight from the emotional toll of rejection and abuse.
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 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.
