Nouvelle Vague
I'm not really sure whether you need to have watched a lot of French New Wave cinema to appreciate Richard Linklater's (Boyhood, Blue Moon) new film. But I'm sure it…
Eternity
It's been an eternity since we've had a decent-- or even an indecent-- romantic drama or comedy released in theaters. So the arrival of Eternity is a welcome sight, though…
Secret Mall Apartment
I love stories like the one this little documentary tells. Intrepid people doing crazy things because they can! In 2003, a group of young artists found an unused space in a…
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's gothic horror story of Frankenstein has entertained the masses for more than 200 years and has been made into a slew of films. You might think it had…
The Running Man
Fasten your seatbelts; The Running Man is an Edgar Wright film. Remember Baby Driver? The stakes are high; the pace is frenetic; the story is preposterous yet still feels accessible.…
Hedda
The classic Ibsen play Hedda Gabler has been adapted to film multiple times after its theater premiere in 1891 for good reason. It is a great story of a woman…
Die My Love
It starts off all somewhat hopeful. Beautiful young couple Grace (Jennifer Lawrence) and Jackson (Robert Pattinson) move from New York City to some isolated dot on the map in Montana,…
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…