Movie

  • Sundance 2019: The Sunlit Night, Extremely Wicked

    by - Jan 27, 2019
    Saturday night mirrored Friday night at the Eccles Theatre, world premiering a pair of star-studded affairs that are mostly designed to get famous faces on the red carpet. It also mirrored it in the way both...
  • Sundance 2019: The Sound of Silence, Imaginary Order

    by - Jan 27, 2019
    The Sundance 2019 U.S. Dramatic Competition program continued to unfold on Saturday in Park City, bringing with it the premieres of several of this year’s most highly anticipated dramas. What’s been impressive to see this year...
  • Sundance 2019: Late Night, I Am Mother

    by - Jan 27, 2019
    The first day of films at the biggest theatre at the Sundance Film Festival is always comprised of movies from the U.S. Dramatic Competition program (and day one’s were covered here) and then usually a pair...
  • Sundance 2019: The Farewell, Honey Boy, Native Son

    by - Jan 26, 2019
    The breadth of subject matter in the U.S. Dramatic Competition of Sundance 2019 was on full display over the first 24 or so hours of this year’s film festival in drastically different works from three fresh directors...
  • The Hole in the Ground

    by - Jan 26, 2019
    “The Hole in the Ground” is based on a single idea: no, not the breathtaking crater in the middle of some spooky woods, which gives this Irish horror film its title. Rather, it’s about a young...
  • Serenity

    by - Jan 25, 2019
    “Serenity” is terrible and insane, and will surely end up being one of the worst films of 2019. But it’s also such a wildly ambitious roller coaster ride that it must be experienced, preferably with friends,...
  • The Image Book

    by - Jan 25, 2019
    You have to hand it to Jean-Luc Godard: he’s 88 now and has been making movies since the late 1950s, but everything he makes in this late, hyper-experimental phase is still the movie equivalent of a drink you...
  • Netflix’s Challenging Black Earth Rising Seeks Justice in an Imbalanced World

    by - Jan 25, 2019
    This is a time full of television that requires sure and steady hands. There are cooking shows, home renovation shows, and fashion design competition shows. There are shows where you compete by painting makeup, forging swords,...
  • Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: January 24, 2018

    by - Jan 24, 2019
    4 New to Netflix “Abducted in Plain Sight””American Gangster””The Fighter””Solo: A Star Wars Story” 6 New to Blu-ray/DVD “4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days” (Criterion) Criterion has taken some deserved flak over the last few...
  • My Joys and Sorrows of the 2019 Oscar Nominations

    by - Jan 23, 2019
    ROGER USED TO SAY that the Oscar awards season was like the Christmas season for Santa. And we used to anticipate it with all the joy of Christmas. These days there are so many awards shows...