Kanopy. Quality films for free. Here are five movies I’ve loved that you can watch right now. For free! Five Really Great Movies on Kanopy Now The Secret of Roan Inish. Perhaps John [...]

(While Missing the Movie Theater Experience) On the plus side, the cancelling of all activities combined with my unemployed status meant I had more time for movies this year. On the minus side, [...]

People Places Things Directed by Jim StrouseWritten by Jim Strouse The review: Aside from one aspect of this film,* this story of Will Henry (Jemaine Clement) trying to move on after a divorce [...]

The Christmas Chronicles Directed by Clay KaytisWritten by Matt Lieberman The review: Like many Christmas films, this starts in the land of sad* so that we can find the true meaning of Christmas [...]

The Prom Directed by Ryan MurphyWritten by Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin The review: The Prom is a not-terrible adaption of what was probably a not-terrible Broadway production and includes at [...]

Bessie Directed by Dee ReesWritten by Dee Rees, Christoper Cleveland, Bettina Gilois The review: The always remarkable Queen Latifah gives us a tutorial of blues singer Bessie Smith’s rise to [...]

Arthur Christmas Directed by Sarah Smith, Barry CookWritten by Peter Baynham, Sarah Smith The review: Even if this movie didn’t have a scene that takes place in Idaho, it would be worth watching [...]

Adrift Directed by Baltasar KormákurWritten by Aaron Kandell, Jordan Kandell, and David Brandson Smith The review: I think one has to be in a certain mood to watch survival-at-sea-type films, and [...]

Rebecca (1940) Directed by Alfred HitchcockWritten by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison The review: Rebecca has the usual problems one runs into with a film older than my [...]

The Christmas Chronicles Directed by Clay KaytisWritten by Matt Lieberman The review: Like many Christmas films, this starts in the land of sad* so that we can find the true meaning of Christmas [...]

The Prom Directed by Ryan MurphyWritten by Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin The review: The Prom is a not-terrible adaption of what was probably a not-terrible Broadway production and includes at [...]

Bessie Directed by Dee ReesWritten by Dee Rees, Christoper Cleveland, Bettina Gilois The review: The always remarkable Queen Latifah gives us a tutorial of blues singer Bessie Smith’s rise to [...]

The Last Thing He Wanted Directed by Dee ReesWritten by Marco Villalobos, Dee Rees The review: This was the kind of subpar movie where even analyzing what went wrong didn’t make it more fun. I [...]

Loser Directed by Amy HeckerlingWritten by Amy Heckerling The review: This is an excellent chronicle* of not fitting in** and has a killer 2000-era soundtrack.*** While I found the performances [...]

The Words Directed by Brian Klugman and Lee SternthalWritten by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal The review: In 2012, the trailer for this film was paired with every movie I watched in theaters [...]