Nuremberg
There are so many scary movies out right now that should all serve as cautionary tales for our divisive and perilous political and social climate. Among them: Anniversary... A House…
Ballad of a Small Player
Watching Colin Farrell is always a pleasure, even in a not so great film, as is the case with this little flick from Edward Berger, the director of one of…
Anniversary
Talk about the daughter-in-law from hell! In this frightening political thriller, a family is destroyed when a woman with an agenda enters their lives. The film begins at the parents'…
A House of Dynamite
Academy Awards winning director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) is no stranger to political thrillers set within the US government apparatus. And in her latest she places…
Blue Moon
"Blue moon. You saw me standing alone..." The song has been stuck in my head ever since I finished watching the new indie film, Blue Moon, starring Ethan Hawke as…
Good Fortune
Chances are if you see Good Fortune, you will start tipping more, whether it's your Door Dash delivery person, Uber driver, Task Rabbiter or anyone else who makes their living…
Köln 75
This thoroughly entertaining girl power film is based on a very improbable true story. In 1975, against enormous odds, German teenager Vera Brandes (Mala Emde) brought American pianist Keith Jarrett…
The Summer Book
This adaptation of Tove Jansson’s novel stars Glenn Close as a grandmother who heads to the family's cabin on an isolated island in a Finnish archipelago for the summer with…
Chaperone
This sleek little indie is set in rural Hawai’i and features an entirely AANHPI (Asian American and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islander) cast. The story centers on an ethical dilemma that 29-year-old…
One Battle After Another
Very loosely based on Thomas Pynchon's 1990 novel "Vineland," Paul Thomas Anderson's (Licorice Pizza, The Master) latest film is a seriously entertaining action dramedy perfectly timed to our current political…
John Candy: I Like Me
I liked, but did not love John Candy: I Like Me. The documentary features an array of interesting interviews, nuggets, and archival moments about the Canadian actor and comedian who…
Roofman
Fans of true crime stories should get a kick out of Roofman. It’s not just inspired by a true story. It is a true story, far-fetched as it may seem.…
The Lost Bus
The Lost Bus is inspired by a real rescue drama that unfolded during the deadly Camp Fire that engulfed and destroyed the entire town of Paradise, California in November 2018.…
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
This is the first big, bold, beautiful film of the year (that I have seen anyway.) It's a thoroughly odd romantic fantasy set in a surreal world from Kogonada, the…
Death of a Ladies’ Man
Gabriel Byrne stars as Samuel O'Shea, an aging poetry professor and ladies' man who finds himself adrift, first by discovering his much younger wife in their bed with her lover,…