Museo elevates power of myth in identity via heist of precious...
Museo, the new film by Mexico’s latest great director, Alonso Ruizpalacios, once again offers a rumination on the country’s capital city through the eyes...
Lizzie presents feminist take on legendary real-life murders
Even though Lizzie was directed and written by Craig William Macneill and Bryce Kass, two men, the new movie about legendary murderess Lizzie Borden...
Mandy is an ingenious art house movie for horror buffs
There is some kind of undeniable genius to Mandy, the new movie by Panos Cosmatos. The writer-director makes a much-anticipated return after an eight-year...
Support the Girls finds uneasy humor in the mundane
The most glamorous visual associated with the new movie Support the Girls can be found in its poster art. Everything inside the film, however, is...
We the Animals delivers honesty in director Jeremiah Zagar’s raw approach...
Suffused in earthy atmosphere, director Jeremiah Zagar's meticulous yet breezy feature film debut We the Animals is a worthy adaptation of Justin Torres’ smart, savage...
The Little Stranger tangles with ghosts of the past and future
Ghosts don’t actually exist, but the ghosts that haunt The Little Stranger are as real as can ever be depicted in a work of...
Nico, 1988 an end-of-life drama of washed up rock star
There’s never been anything upbeat about dramas featuring protagonists addicted to heroin. The sad place where musician/model/actress Nico (born Christa Päffgen in Cologne, Germany)...
Director Lenny Abrahamson surprised The Little Stranger reviews are being held...
Every once in a while there comes a movie that studios strain to market. The Little Stranger, the new movie by Room director Lenny...
The Third Murder uses stories to subvert what may be true
With The Third Murder, Japanese writer-director Hirokazu Kore-eda turns from his usual examination of family dynamics to something more nebulous. As much as the...
BlacKkKlansman explores racism in the ’70s to highlight its persistence today
Besides it being a fine film, the reason BlacKkKlansman won the Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes Film Festival is as political a statement...