Thursday, June 18, 2026

‘Bullhead’ looks for heart in one grim bruiser of a man

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I caught Bullhead (Rundskop) at a preview screening ahead of its loss to A Separation at the Oscars® last weekend. I can see how...

Colette gives us meta Keira Knightley in timely period biopic

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Keira Knightley's portrayal of early 20th century French author Colette deserves special acknowledgement in the biopic of the same name. In fact, one can look...

Miss Sloane features a great actress in a terrible movie —...

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I've finally seen Jessica Chastain in a terrible movie. The always great actress plays a steely but tightly wound fast-talking, pill-popping con of a...

International Online Film Critics’ Poll announces winners of 4th biannual awards

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The International Online Film Critics’ Poll has announced the winners its 2013/14 survey. I was honored to have been asked to participate for the fourth...

In The Bride a theatrical drama is brought to the big...

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The Bride (La Novia) is based on the famous play "Bodas de sangre" by Federico García Lorca, retold through the eyes of Spanish writer-director...

Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ presents complex, enthralling portrait of...

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Only Lovers Left Alive, the long-awaited vampire drama by Jim Jarmusch, has to be one of the better date movies I've seen in a...

Family Drama and Secrets in Landline are not enough to make...

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Landline is a family drama set in Manhattan in the 1990s. As the title alludes, this is a time before cell phones, so things...

Interview with Liv Corfixen and Nicolas Winding Refn on My Life...

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In the new behind-the-scenes documentary about Only God Forgives, My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, we meet more than a writer/director caught up in his...

2012 prediction correct… at Box Office

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 Well, since I set myself up for it, I had to follow it up, and my predictions turned out right! The end of the...

Interview with director of ‘Beauty is Embarassing’ – Wayne White documentary

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I just finished writing a piece about the new documentary on the artist Wayne White,  Beauty is Embarrassing. I spoke to the film's director...