The Walk
To enjoy this film you must a) get past Joseph Gordon-Levitt's French accent and b) have no fear of heights. The Walk is a pretty straight forward telling of what…
The Keeping Room
I really wanted to like this movie. The script was on the Black List, you know the one for the best un-produced screenplays. It's very small and very indie. And…
The New Girlfriend
Written and directed by one of my favorite French directors, François Ozon (Potiche, In the House), The New Girlfriend is loosely adapted from a story by the wonderful mystery writer…
Wolf Totem
Wolf Totem is based on one of my favorite books of the last decade, so it had a lot to live up to. Sadly, it didn't. I saw it on…
Mistress America
Writer/director Noah Baumbach and writer/actress Greta Gerwig have great chemistry (apparently both on and off screen.) Mistress America is their second collaboration, the first being the wonderful 2013 comedy Frances…
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution tells the heartbreaking history of the rise and fall of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. I saw it earlier this year at…
The Gift
This film seemed to fly under the radar for me. But it really shouldn't have. It is a very creepy and very well-done psychological thriller. Written and directed by and…
Ricki and the Flash
I had to see this flick, cause you know -- Meryl. And there was also Dr. Noah Drake, I mean Rick Springfield of "Jessie's Girl" fame. How bad could it…
The End of the Tour
The End of the Tour is not a biopic so much as an homage to a great writer who killed himself relatively young. In the film David Foster Wallace (Jason…
Infinitely Polar Bear
Quite possibly the worst title for a movie lately, Infinitely Polar Bear is nonetheless a decent little flick. The unfortunate title comes from a child misnaming her father's bi-polar disorder,…
Mr. Holmes
Just how many Sherlock Holmeses can the world sustain at once? We've got the Robert Downey Jr. action hero version and the Benedict Cumberbatch Aspberger's take. And now we have…
Steak (R)evolution
Vegetarians need not bother with this one. This gustatory documentary is lovingly prepared for steak lovers around the world. French writer-director Franck Ribière travels the globe in search of the…
Amy
A star is born and then she self-destructs. Amy is the utterly tragic tale of singer Amy Winehouse, who was so full of talent and entirely unprepared or more likely…
Terminator Genisys
He's back! In this Terminator reboot, Arnold Schwarzenegger reprises his iconic T-800 cyborg, only this time he gets to age. Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones) steps easily…
Inside Out
What were the Pixar folks thinking, making a film about the conflicting emotions in a little girl's head? It might seem like a pretty cerebral premise for a kids' flick,…