Review: What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
My first experience with reading film criticism was with my mother's New Yorker magazines. Most of what was in the magazine was too highbrow for me as an adolescent, but…
Mini-review: A Patient Man
This one is so very indie. Not a recognizable big-name actor in sight. That's sometimes a good thing. You don't know where to look, who is the important person. Sadly…
Review: Weathering with You
I'm not a big animation watcher, at least not of the big Disney/Pixar variety. But anime is a different story. Films like Spirited Away or Akira feel every bit as…
Arty Chick’s 2019 Top 10
Unlike Mainstream Chick, I don't think 2019 was a good year for movies. I didn't come out of many saying, “That was amazing! I have to tell people about it!”…
Review: Little Women
Louisa May Alcott's 1860s novel Little Women has been adapted to film more times that I can count, beginning in the silent era. So do we really need another one?…
Mini review: Marriage Story
Both of us Chicks saw this one at the Middleburg Film Festival earlier this year where it was the opening night film. From director Noah Baumbach (Margot at the Wedding,…
Review: Bombshell
This movie has so much going for it - a knock-out cast, a ripped from the headlines #metoo #girlpower story, a humiliating takedown of the creator of Fox News -…
Review: Queen & Slim
Worst first date ever! Queen only went on the date because she had a bad day and didn't want to be alone. But Slim (Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out) was having…
Review: Uncut Gems
Adam Sandler is one of the most exasperating actors out there. He's made a slew of horrible, stupid movies (The Waterboy, Billy Madison), and yet every now and again he…
Review: The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
This is a total indie gem. It's the story of two Indigenous women who meet by chance on a street in Vancouver as one of them is fleeing domestic abuse.…
Review: Knives Out
I caught this one at Middleburg, and sadly it was my biggest disappointment of the festival. As whodunits go, the jig is up pretty early on. But it has so…
Review: The Two Popes
At the Middleburg Film Festival this year, The Two Popes was my top pick and if that’s any indication, it will win the Oscar. My favorites won the last two…
Review: Synonyms
Based on the real-life experiences of writer-director Nadav Lapid (The Kindergarten Teacher), Synonyms is the strange story of a young Israeli man named Yoav (Tom Mercier) who comes to Paris to escape…
Review: Waves
Mainstream Chick and I both watched this one at the Middleburg Film Festival. It's a family melodrama with a capital "F." At its center is the African-American Williams family, whose…
Review: The Report
We Chicks both saw The Report at the Middleburg Film Festival last month. We were both fans of this political thriller that should be seen widely, and agreed that its…