Black man, white voice
The film's title is “Sorry to Bother You," and that's also the first line of the script that call center [...]
Duck Butter
In the age of dating apps, true intimacy is a difficult goal. People spend so much time trying to gather [...]
Shoplifters
At a critical juncture in Japanese writer-director Koreeda Hirokazu’s 21st-century take on Dickensian-style urban misery, the lead character Osamu Shibata [...]
When violence trumps politics
Director Gerard McMurray's "The First Purge” is a prequel in a franchise constructed on a rather silly social science premise [...]
Barry Lyndon
There has never been widespread debate over which of Stanley Kubrick’s films was his greatest comedy. This is largely because [...]
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
When 'Jurassic World' hit theaters three summers ago, the general response could be described as a spirited “good enough.” It [...]
A large and troubled piazza
Piazza Vittorio: an enormous rectangular space not far from Stazione Termini, Rome’s central train station, surrounded by magnificent 19th-century porticoes [...]
Annhilation
In "Annihilation," long-time British paranormal devotee Alex Garland boards the cellular mutation express and doesn't get off until he's covered [...]
In Darkness
In Anthony Byrne's dimly lit thriller, Natalie Dormer is Sofia, a blind concert pianist who at first blush seems demurely [...]