She’s Alive: Stone and Lanthimos Bring ‘Poor Things’ to Life
By Greg Carlson [email protected] In a movie year that brought to life an iconic plastic fashion doll and a theoretical physicist who ushered in…
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Garden of Evil: Jonathan Glazer Goes to ‘The Zone of Interest’
by Sabrina Hornung | Dec 18, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Loosely based on the 2014 novel by Martin Amis, Jonathan Glazer’s adaptation of “The Zone of Interest” makes a perfect…
Read NowStealing Time: Moreno’s ‘The Delinquents’
by Sabrina Hornung | Dec 10, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Bubbling up on multiple 2023 best-of lists and qualified for a possible Oscar nomination as Argentina’s international feature entry (prior…
Read NowGreen Checks In to ‘The Royal Hotel’
by Sabrina Hornung | Dec 3, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Australian filmmaker Kitty Green’s brilliant nonfiction movies, including the superb “Casting JonBenet,” laid the groundwork for the director’s recent interest…
Read NowSecrets, Lies, and Shiny Things: Fennell Invites Us to ‘Saltburn’
by Sabrina Hornung | Nov 27, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] “Saltburn,” the highly anticipated follow-up to “Promising Young Woman” – which earned Oscar gold for Best Original Screenplay – doesn’t…
Read NowA Disturbance in the Force: The Star Wars Holiday Special Gets Feature Documentary
by Sabrina Hornung | Nov 19, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Aired just one time on CBS the evening of November 17, 1978, “The Star Wars Holiday Special” was the first…
Read NowPayne and Giamatti Reunite for ‘The Holdovers’
by Sabrina Hornung | Nov 12, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Focus Features gets a nifty opening credits layout as part of a throwback sequence capitalizing on the heavy New Hollywood…
Read NowKeep the Home Fires Burning: Coppola Imagines ‘Priscilla’
by Sabrina Hornung | Nov 5, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Several reports discussing behind-the-scenes communications and differences of opinion between Priscilla Presley (credited as one of the new film’s executive…
Read NowFourth Reichardt-Williams Collaboration: All About ‘Showing Up’
by Sabrina Hornung | Oct 31, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Despite accusations that not a lot happens in “Showing Up,” the Kelly Reichardt feature starring Michelle Williams that debuted at…
Read NowMartin Scorsese Examines Grim Racist History: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
by Sabrina Hornung | Oct 22, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Doing press for “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Martin Scorsese has defended the movie’s three and a half hour running…
Read NowTugboats and Tugged Hearts: Rebecca Miller’s ‘She Came to Me’
by Sabrina Hornung | Oct 16, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Peter Dinklage plays a creatively blocked opera composer married to Anne Hathaway’s frustrated therapist in Rebecca Miller’s “She Came to…
Read NowYou Beautiful Doll: Gardner’s ‘Living With Chucky’ a Family Affair
by Sabrina Hornung | Oct 8, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Kyra Elise Gardner, the daughter of special effects legend Tony Gardner, writes and directs “Living With Chucky,” an affectionate labor-of-love…
Read NowSweet Autumn Treat: Anderson Shares ‘Sugar’ and Three More on Netflix
by Sabrina Hornung | Oct 1, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] As reactions and reviews of Wes Anderson’s return to the world of Roald Dahl attest, the quartet of short story…
Read NowCastel’s ‘My Animal’ a Fresh Take on the Werewolf Movie
by Sabrina Hornung | Sep 24, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Filmmaker Jacqueline Castel’s “My Animal” premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in January, but its vibes are better suited…
Read NowSchrader Concludes His ‘Man in a Room’ Trilogy with ‘Master Gardener’
by Sabrina Hornung | Sep 21, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Many films have used the unsettling revelation of tattoos as a device to startle the viewer with a visual roadmap…
Read Now‘Bottoms’ Up: Seligman and Sennott Re-Team for Wild Comedy
by Sabrina Hornung | Sep 17, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri play best pals PJ and Josie, woebegone nerds hot for cheerleaders Brittany (Kaia Gerber) and…
Read NowRegan Takes Sundance Grand Jury Prize with Debut ‘Scrapper’
by Sabrina Hornung | Sep 3, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] In Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner “Scrapper,” her feature debut as writer and director, Charlotte Regan establishes a much more…
Read NowJalali Welcomes Viewers to ‘Fremont’
by Sabrina Hornung | Aug 27, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] In Sundance standout “Fremont,” the outwardly mundane and inwardly tumultuous experiences of a young woman from Afghanistan are spun by…
Read NowBeckermann Talks About Sex in ‘Mutzenbacher’
by Sabrina Hornung | Aug 21, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Ruth Beckermann’s “Mutzenbacher” invites viewers to consider the traditional dynamics of the erotic novel – and subsequent filmic depictions of…
Read NowAdrian Tomine’s Cult Comic ‘Shortcomings’ Adapted by Randall Park in Directorial Debut
by Sabrina Hornung | Aug 18, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Randall Park, making his feature directorial debut, convincingly adapts Adrian Tomine’s excellent 2004-2007 graphic serial “Shortcomings.” Tomine wrote the screenplay,…
Read NowLovers Walk in Allen-Millers Sparkling Debut ‘Rye Lane’
by Sabrina Hornung | Aug 6, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Available on Hulu following a world premiere at Sundance and a spring release date in the U.K., director Raine Allen-Miller’s…
Read NowSquaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis (2022)
by Sabrina Hornung | Jul 31, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Corbijn Covers Hipgnosis in ‘Squaring the Circle’ Dutch photographer, music video creator, and film director Anton Corbijn – now in…
Read Now33 Years Later, ‘Paris Is Burning’ Is Still in Vogue
by Sabrina Hornung | Jul 26, 2023
By Annie Prafcke [email protected] A bold white title card reads, “New York 1987.” Wide shots of the glimmering nighttime NYC skyline appear before we…
Read NowGerwig Plays With ‘Barbie’
by Sabrina Hornung | Jul 23, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] As fans dress up and Warner and Mattel executives celebrate box office returns, Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” finally arrives – along…
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