Review: Shoplifters
This film from Japanese director Hiorkazu Kore-eda (Nobody Knows) is a beautiful drama about what family means. I saw it at Middleburg, and it's stayed with me. The story is…
Review: Green Book
Who'd have thought that the director of Dumb and Dumber would bring us the best movie of 2018? With two great performances from Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises, Captain Fantastic) and…
Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
We're so used to Melissa McCarthy being the funny actress, that's it's hard to imagine her otherwise. But nobody's going to question her acting chops after her turn as Lee…
Quickie Review: The Girl in the Spider’s Web
To call this an adaptation is an insult to all other adaptations. I was wary when I read that another author was continuing "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" series…
Review: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
This anthology film from the Coen Brothers will only be in a few big city theaters for a week before it begins streaming on Netflix. It's made up of six…
Review: El Ángel
Set in Buenos Aires in 1971, El Ángel is a true crime drama about a baby-faced teenage sociopath named Carlitos (Lorenzo Ferro) whose love for thievery blossomed into a passion…
Review: The Great Buster
The full title of this documentary is The Great Buster: A Celebration and it certainly is that. From Dick Van Dyke to Mel Brooks to Werner Herzog, silent film star…
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Another year at a fabulous festival! I wonder how long this little Virginia horse country festival can keep it up. It's sure to burst its seams soon. This year's slate…
Review: Studio 54
I was never a fan of disco, and you'd have had to drag me kicking and screaming to any club in New York when I lived there, so I was…
Review: The Guilty
This Danish thriller aka Den skyldige is simply amazing. There is just one man on camera through almost all the film's 85 minutes, and you can't look away for a…
Review: Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable
Garry Winogrand was one of the masters of street photography. He spent decades roaming New York, and later Texas and California, freezing the moments that made statements about the time…
Review: All About Nina
Nina (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is a foul-mouthed comedienne in New York struggling to make her mark. And she's in a sick relationship with a married man. Something's gotta change. Her…
Manhattan Short Film Festival
To call it a festival is a stretch, but it's a cool idea. A panel somewhere looks at a ton of short films from around the world and somehow chooses…
Review: Tea With the Dames
The Dames in question are Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Eileen Atkins, four of England best actresses and life-long friends who meet up regularly at Plowright's country home.…
Review: The Sisters Brothers
It seems the western will never die. The allure of rugged men out there slinging guns and making their fortunes panning for gold was too much for French director Jacques…