BLACK PANTHER (2018)
"It hits every element with a grace, a refined skill, and a particular power that lets this film rise above and shine beyond."Read More
ON BODY AND SOUL (2017)
'A slow and heavily idiosyncratic film that grew into its strange little place, however despairingly alien or acutely European subdued that might be."Read More
MUDBOUND (2017)
"It was intensely gorgeous, with a soulful attachment to the setting and the soil that came through in each frame."Read More
STRONG ISLAND (2017)
"Potent and vexing, as painful realities of systemic inequities & social injustices can’t be avoided."Read More
LAST MEN OF ALEPPO (2017)
"A film of pain and perseverance, until neither is longer possible."Read More
ICARUS (2017)
"...part of the charm and magic is getting caught up in a larger world-spanning dialogue (Russian doping scandal) that the filmmaker never intended"Read More
ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL (2016/2017)
"Scowl inducing but lacking that punch to either knock you on your ass or make you stand up"Read More
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2017)
"an exquisitely stylish but vacant live action fairytale"Read More
2018 OSCAR DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
My Pick: Knife SkillsRead More
2018 OSCAR LIVE ACTION SHORTS
My Pick: The Silent ChildRead More
2018 OSCAR ANIMATED SHORTS
My Pick: Garden Party
Read MoreTHE SHAPE OF WATER (2017)
"...to die in its arms and sink to a watery grave would be such a heavenly way to go."Read More
ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD (2017)
"Never particularly wowing, it is still a solid piece of Hollywood film-making."Read More
CLOVERFIELD PARADOX (2018)
"It fails at frightening, fumbles at funny and falters at fulfilling sci-fi."Read More
PHANTOM THREAD (2017)
"There is uncomfortable squirm mixed with a warm treacle of soulmate level intimacy."Read More
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (2017)
"Idyllic and intoxicating, providing a scintillating playground of beauty, passion, tenderness, and loss that we may never want to leave."Read More
LOVING VINCENT (2017)
"A teacher, a love letter, and a stunning visual feast."Read More
THE POST (2017)
"Not boring, but pedestrian for Spielberg."Read More
I, TONYA (2017)
"Providing a vigorously amusing and uniquely humanizing portrait of an athlete turned celebrity turned pariah."Read More
MOLLY'S GAME (2017)
"The script is a shiny hot rod, but it struggles to disengage the parking brake."Read More