Breaking the rules
Director Quentin Tarantino, the ultimate rule-breaker, is at it again in “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood.” A kinder, [...]
Feminism comes to “Toy Story”
The latest installment of “Toy Story” is a romantic comedy in the classic mold, featuring Woody (Tom Hanks) as the [...]
Bad times get worse
There is reason to believe that 2018's “Bad Times” could have been a very good film. The contained, isolated setting [...]
Bob Wilson’s Life and Death of Marina Abramovic
In “Bob Wilson’s Life and Death of Marina Abramovic,” one of the world’s leading performance artists — the Belgrade-Born Abramovic [...]
The bonds that tie
The scene that best defines “The Sisters Brothers” takes place along a river bank in the remote, anarchic, gold-rush California [...]
Gloria Bell
Those who see “Gloria Bell” hoping to recognize Los Angeles (where the film is set), its landmarks, even its funky [...]
Peeling back Peele
For director and writer Jordan Peele, there’s always another layer to be revealed — a subterranean one. In “Get Out!” [...]
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
It turns out Fred Rogers, the mainstay of low-key children’s television for nearly a half century, was something of a [...]
An artist bears witness
Director and writer Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Oscar-nominated “Never Look Away,” loosely based on the life of top-selling German artist [...]
Everybody Knows
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who made “A Separation” in 2011, and “The Salesman” in 2016, both of which won the [...]
Shoplifters
The “family” living together in one exceedingly crowded room consists of the grandmother, father, mother, adolescent son, and the mother’s [...]