Film Reviews

Three Identical Strangers

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 [...]

By Max Oxley| 2019-01-14T00:12:50+01:00 January 3rd, 2019|

David Lynch is often labeled one of American cinema’s great surrealists, to the extent that the [...]

By William Graebner & Dianne Bennett| 2018-12-23T19:19:10+01:00 December 15th, 2018|

From the beginning we know that Don Shirley-Doc (Mahershala Ali), an aloof, reserved, highly educated, virtuoso [...]

By William Graebner & Dianne Bennett| 2018-12-15T21:34:48+01:00 December 6th, 2018|

Solid acting by its stars, spirited animation, and a fast-paced (if somewhat predictable) plot make “The [...]