Poor Things
I have a favorite film of 2023! I've been a big fan of director Yorgos Lanthimos since The Lobster. His films are always convention shattering. And Poor Things continues that…
Quickie Review: The Northman
This is a quickie because I know I am not the audience for this violent revenge epic. It's the latest from writer/director Robert Eggers who garnered high praise for his previous…
Review: Nightmare Alley
I've been a big fan of Oscar winner Guillermo Del Toro (The Shape of Water) since he first made his mark with Pan's Labyrinth back in 2006. He's a master at…
Mini-review: Siberia
The bromance between director Abel Ferrara and Willem Dafoe has reached its zenith with their latest collaboration. Each year for the last three in June I've watched Dafoe play a…
Quickie Review: Tommaso
I know I'm the Arty Chick, but this one is too arty for me. I'll admit from the get-go that I've never been a big fan of Abel Ferrara. He's…
Quickie Review: Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn is the type of film that evokes a general sense of post-viewing contentment, and a lingering feeling that it could have been more. Perhaps with a bit more…
Quickie Review: Pasolini
Italian poet, philosopher and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini loved nothing more than to push the envelope, to scandalize, to shock the senses. So it's only fitting that Abel Ferrara (Bad…
Review: Aquaman
Aquaman is a bit of a hot mess, but it’s not a total washout. It’s one of those ‘must-see regardless’ movies for fans and followers of the DC comic universe,…
Review: The Florida Project
The Florida Project is from Sean Baker who brought us the wonderful Tangerine in 2015. It has a similar vibe, just a step up from documentary without a lot of…
John Wick
The moral of John Wick is never ever kill someone's dog, probably a good thing to bear in mind anyway. In the case of this film, the perpetrators of the…
A Most Wanted Man
There is really just one reason to go see A Most Wanted Man -- Philip Seymour Hoffman. The film, while good on its own terms, mainly serves as a reminder…
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars is incredibly faithful to the stellar book, and that’s both good and bad. At times, the stars (the human, not celestial ones) feel like they’re…
The Grand Budapest Hotel
In his latest fabulously outrageous film The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson introduces us to Gustave H (Ralph Fiennes), the concierge to end all concierges who takes enterprising lobby boy…