West Side Story
A generational divide will likely intercede to ruffle assessments of Steven Spielberg’s bold remake of this Leonard Bernstein-scored Hollywood urban [...]
COVID, meet SCABET
I was always a fan of apocalypse movies. Not the kind that overwhelms you with monsters and aliens, and special [...]
The invisible stalker
In H.G. Wells’s 1897 “The Invisible Man,” Griffin, a scientist and student of optics, carries out a rogue experiment to [...]
“Improving” the inferno
Perhaps the best way of approaching Sam Mendes's hell-on-earth World War I saga "1917" is by describing its uncomplicated premise. [...]
Mother’s back
In Mitzi Pierone's sorcery and female-brokered horror, two on-the-lam city drug dealers — Petula (Imogen Waterhouse) and Tilda (Sasha Hay) [...]
Ford v Ferrari
But for a twist of fate, James Mangold's fine auto racing thriller would have lost its alliterative title. In 1961, [...]
Father Neptune
Science fiction set in the outer recesses of the solar system gives directors infinite license to break from the needs [...]
Review: ‘The Load’
It is 1999. Serbian troops that have invaded Kosovo at President Slobodan Milošević's behest are under bombardment by NATO aircraft. [...]
Auto Focus
Paul Schrader's take on Bob Crane's fall is galvinized by Messrs. Kinnear and Dafoe.
Blade Runner
Ridley Scott vision of Phillip Dick and Dashiell Hammett stitches the future's trench coat.