Predicting Ever-Changing Movie Release Dates Amid Coronavirus
With the announcement that movie theaters have officially been given approval to re-open in California,…
‘Working Man’ in Online Release May be Just the Movie for a Pandemic
As if living in economically crippling home isolation wasn’t stressful enough already, movie fans—especially fans…
‘Yentl’ and The History of Cross-Dressing in Film
Last weekend during my ever growing quarantine movie watchlist, I revisited a film I hadn’t…
Remembering a Different Italy on Film During The Global Epidemic
With Italy still bearing the brunt of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic—its famous monuments empty and…
Stressed Amid the Pandemic? Stream Some of These Feel-Good Movies
With coronavirus and hysteria gripping the world right now, the film industry is basically going…
Cathy Yan’s Campy ‘Birds of Prey’ Is First Memorable Release of 2020
With the Oscars in the rear-view mirror now, the first memorable release of 2020 is…
Revisiting Taika Waititi’s Unique ‘Jojo Rabbit’ During Oscar Season
It’s 2020 and I’m still burnt out on films about World War II. For this…
The Latest Remake of ‘Little Women’ Is Definitely Oscar Material
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women is arguably the most read novel by a female writer…
A Hitman’s Melancholy Rise and Fall in ‘The Irishman’ from Netflix
The star-studded character study of a man who goes from being a truck driver to…
Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ Is Missed Opportunity with a Great Cast
The real-life story of security guard Richard Jewell during the Atlanta Olympics bombing is interesting…
With Flashy Cars and a Simple Plot, ‘Ford v. Ferarri’ Is a Safe Holiday Winner
So many cars, so many close-ups, the designer name dropping, and of course, the flashy…
The World Didn’t Need a ‘Zombieland’ Sequel, But It’s a Funny Movie After All
As is sometimes the case with sequels, Zombieland: Double Tap has just as much going…
‘Joker’ Doubles Down on a DC Comics Standard in a Grim 1970s Gotham City
At this point in time, either you like movies based on comic books and are…
Linda Ronstadt’s Iconoclastic Road to Pop Success in ‘The Sound of My Voice’
As close friend Bonnie Raitt comments in Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s new documentary The…