Film: “Hundreds of Beavers”
Imagine pitching this to film investors: The flick is a cross between a Road Runner cartoon, a Buster Keaton comedy, [...]
Film: “Heretic”
In Walden, Henry David Thoreau writes “If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house [...]
Film: “Kinds of Kindness”
Name a film “Kindness” and some might expect episodes of compassion, generosity, and altruism. But call it “Kinds of Kindness,” [...]
Film: “Evil Does Not Exist”
Films about humanity’s relationship with nature typically fall into neat, discernible categories: surviving a catastrophic event, proving criminal negligence for [...]
Film: Perfect Days
There is an irony in the fact that though the desire for the good life is a universal one, no [...]
Film: “American Fiction”
Any movie with the word fiction in its title should be a flag that something is about to be said [...]
Film: “Anatomy of a Fall”
Some people believe that writers of fiction are expert liars. At least this film’s prosecutor (a superbly laser focused Reinartz) [...]
Film: “It Ain’t Over”
Summertime sports compel fans around the world to talk about events such as the Tour de France or Wimbledon. Some [...]
Film Review: Triangle of Sadness
Life for the wealthy is, as this film suggests, on very choppy seas. Behind the unrelenting facade there is a [...]
Film Review: “RRR”
To a lot of westerners, some Bollywood movies appear too over-the-top, too sensationalized, too bombastic, too whimsical, too clichéd. But [...]
Film: “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Though one might marvel at the thought of multiverses, being bewildered at times is excusable. And, as if this increasingly [...]
Fire Island
It's immediately made clear that this newest adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” may not be exactly about the pride and [...]