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Jul 26, 2023
World Destroyer
Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer is some degree of masterpiece
The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer is a fine excuse to study the workings of power in the U.S....
May 17, 2023
Toxic Blooms
And fun at the ball game: A double header of Master Gardener and It Ain’t Over
Paul Schrader is one of the most important filmmakers...
Dec 21, 2022
Schlock-a-palooza
‘Babylon’ discovers new depths in obnoxious filmmaking
Slowly, steadily, almost imperceptibly, standards for commercial motion picture entertainment—particularly in screenwriting—have been slipping, right before everyone’s eyes....
Mar 1, 2022
On with the Show: The SFFILM Festival is back, more diverse and unpredictable than...
After the pandemic descended on us two years ago, we did without a number of public events that had meaning for us in the...
Dec 29, 2021
Feel Good, Damn It: Go ahead, it’s all right to reassure yourself with ‘The...
Feel-good movies need to have at least one moment, or one character, that genuinely brightens up the experience of watching them, so that we...
Mar 11, 2021
Cabin Fever
Robin Wright's 'Land' loses its way in the woods
Land evaporates before our eyes. But before we cast Robin Wright's outdoorsy character study into the lake...