Reviews

Not really a later-day Kramer Vs Kramer in its shaded examination of a union, in a way, coming to an end, is this latest sharply observed, very personal drama from Noah Baumbach.   His Marriage Story which may sound like a misnomer bristles with honesty, wistfulness, and even humanity as an early montage depicts what […]

This adaption of a 2013 Stephen King novel happens to be a follow-up to a 1980 rendering of the macabre-minded Main author that didn’t tickle his fancy very much, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. Now, Mike Flanagan (Oculus, and Origin of Evil delves into the existence of one Danny Torrance (Evan McGregor) two score after the […]

Martin Scorsese’s ninth collaboration with Robert DeNiro Joker now the highest grossing R rated film) is also a reunion with Joe Pesci, coaxed out of retirement in a long-gestating labor of love.  So, it is fitting that The Irishman is another extensive plumbing of the mafia universe that he continues to excel here in a […]

At times this sincere look at an important historical figure (who hasn’t been emblazoned on $20 bills yet) can be prosaic and platitudinous but knows how to hit the emotional beats while checking all the boxes, though hardly with an austere, unflinching, and penetrating realism of Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave. Harriet stars Cynthia […]