Miss Sloane features a great actress in a terrible movie —...
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...
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe is a timely, poetic biopic —...
Stefan Zweig was a famous writer back when that profession could garner so much attention it felt like being a rock star. Stefan Zweig:...
Diplomacy through sports in On the Map — a documentary review
Sports have always been influenced by international politics. When it is hard to wrap our minds around the global order, one can always look...
Manchester by the Sea ruminates on death by focusing on irony...
It’s been a long time coming, but writer-director Kenneth Lonergan is back, and this time, there’s no ignoring his new movie. Manchester by the...
Anything is possible in the delightful, beautifully shot Eagle Huntress —...
There is something magical and pure about feminine strength in young girls, which usually begins to flail later on, as adolescence sets in. Disney...
Jillian Mayer on inspiration behind “I Am Your Grandma” ahead of...
Tonight, "I am Your Grandma," a little viral video that's just over one minute long will have its debut on the New World Symphony’s...
American Psycho and the undying vitality of yuppie scum — a...
Bret Easton Ellis’ 1991 book American Psycho offered a rather harrowing look back at the seeming end of yuppie relevance in the late 1980s...
Nocturnal Animals uses conflicting narratives to reveal conflicting nature of love...
Typically, Hollywood movies celebrate weddings as a big, positive climax in a film’s plot line or even the ultimate goal of its protagonists. Reality,...
Arrival offers power in perspective via sci-fi narrative — a film...
After all of its hype since its world premiere at the 73rd Venice Film Festival, in September, Arrival is likely to leave some disappointed. But...
Loving director Jeff Nichols uses low-key drama to magnify inherent power...
With his latest movie, Loving, writer-director Jeff Nichols holds back from amping up a story to allow its inherent power to resonate beyond the...