Film Reviews

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

By Max Oxley| 2019-03-07T23:10:58+01:00 February 22nd, 2019|

Actress Melissa McCarthy has never been one to shy away from playing unlikable characters. Her film [...]

By William Graebner & Dianne Bennett| 2019-03-07T23:12:17+01:00 February 22nd, 2019|

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who made “A Separation” in 2011, and “The Salesman” in 2016, both [...]

By William Graebner & Dianne Bennett| 2019-02-24T21:24:53+01:00 February 20th, 2019|

The “family” living together in one exceedingly crowded room consists of the grandmother, father, mother, adolescent [...]

By William Graebner & Dianne Bennett| 2019-02-24T12:30:01+01:00 February 15th, 2019|

Director Tim Wardle's “Three Identical Strangers” starts simply enough with the 1980 meeting of identical triplets [...]

By William Graebner & Dianne Bennett| 2019-02-21T12:34:28+01:00 February 12th, 2019|

Skateboarding is the ostensible theme of this award-winning documentary by first-time director Bing Liu. And while [...]

By Marcia Yarrow| 2019-02-14T23:31:16+01:00 February 3rd, 2019|

You can't say Adam McKay isn't timed into the cynical zeitgeist that defines American political discourse. [...]

By William Graebner & Dianne Bennett| 2019-02-14T23:28:12+01:00 February 1st, 2019|

The trailer markets “The Favourite” as British court farce, with clips of lavishly dressed scene-eaters. Ever-challenging [...]

By William Graebner & Dianne Bennett| 2019-02-07T12:33:34+01:00 January 30th, 2019|

The latest in the “Rocky” franchise, “Creed II” is disappointing. One cause is the baggage of [...]

By William Graebner & Dianne Bennett| 2019-01-25T11:53:22+01:00 January 20th, 2019|

“If Beale Street Could Talk,” the James Baldwin tale of young lovers doomed by an unfair [...]

By Marcia Yarrow| 2019-01-25T11:55:24+01:00 January 18th, 2019|

Films with a biographical slant are at their most poignant when the focus comes after the [...]