CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? (2018)
“Sardonic wit doesn’t mask the malevolent melancholy”
Read MoreFIRST REFORMED (2018)
“(Ethan Hawke’s aching pain and tortured piety were spectacular rich and worthy.".”
Read MoreSHOPLIFTERS (2018)
“Shoplifters slowly coils you in an entrancingly satisfying blanket of warmth and affection from the bitter cold of the world around. “
Read MoreIF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (2018)
“A cinematic art piece with thumping jazz accentuating the smoky swirls, both literal and figurative. “
Read MoreVICE (2018)
‘ I didn’t find the humor in its jabs, the joy in the idiosyncrasies, or the real ability to root around in the other unpleasantness on display”
Read MoreBIRD BOX (2018)
“A solid and vaguely enjoyable afternoon/evening time passer, but forgettable”
Read MoreTHE FAVOURITE (2018)
“A wicked delight with a distinctly downtrodden and bitter aftertaste.”
Read MoreKILLING OF A SACRED DEER (2017)
“I can never be sure if I like it, but I envy its complexity and foreignness”
Read MoreTHE RIDER (2017)
“A lithe and sad tumbleweed blowing across the echoed loneliness of crippled dreams and flittered glory”
Read MoreYOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE (2017)
“a hard film that sits like a dark passenger with you long after the credits end”
Read MoreGREEN BOOK (2018)
“… just nailing the basics and letting the actors do the tremendous job that they can”
Read MoreBOY ERASED (2018)
“There might be singes or small slices, but the blood and pain just wouldn’t gush out.”
Read MoreROMA (2018)
“I liked it but the universal love that appears to be its birthright avoided me. “
Read MoreTHE FOREIGNER (2017)
“Solid genre effort but it wants to play more like a political thriller and less an action film “
Read MoreWIDOWS (2018)
“A tasty bit of popular cinema but with an artist’s eye and independent panache “
Read MoreHOLD THE DARK (2018)
“creeping maw of devastation and cold darkness that slowly gnaws, grinding away at hope and happiness“
Read MoreBOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (2018)
“ movie that begins and ends with (Live Aid) performance only mustered a faint whimper of that majesty.”
Read MoreBAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE (2018)
“Certainly a decently good time at the theater, but the experience is fleeting and swamped in a nostalgic ichor and belabored pace.”
Read MoreFIRST MAN (2018)
“ I did like this film and it is well worth a view, because when it is flying, it damn well soars.”
Read MoreA STAR IS BORN (2018)
“The instant chemistry between the actors, the songs, and the forever relevant story; it worked so well and the whole was spot on.”
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