The Letter ?Directed by William Wyler??Written by Howard Koch? The review: From the first dramatic scene to the last, this movie is plenty of fun.* Bette Davis is both flip and overwhelmed as a [...]
Judas and the Black Messiah ?Directed by Shaka King??Written by Will Berson & Shaka King? The review: I first learned about Fred Hampton in Ava DuVerney’s 13th and so I knew how this film was [...]
David Byrne’s American Utopia ?Directed by Spike Lee??Written by David Byrne? The review: It’s not yet been a year since I watched Jonathan Demme’s movie of the Talking Heads’ concert Stop [...]
Locked Down ★Directed by Doug Liman★★Written by Steven Knight★ The review: This is a light affair* that might be handy to have on tap in ten to fifteen years when kids who were very young or were [...]
Never Rarely Sometimes Always Directed by Eliza HittmanWritten by Eliza Hittman The review: Eliza Hittman takes us on a journey worthy of an epic poem* so a young woman can get a procedure that [...]
The Forty-Year-Old Version Directed by Radha BlankWritten by Radha Blank The review: Despite decades of “girl power” and versions of “leaning in” there are still a lot of [...]
Soul Directed by Pete Docter and Kemp PowersWritten by Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers The review: Not so much a movie that people in middle age should watch if they feel like they are [...]
Mad Max Fury Road Directed by George MillerWritten by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nico Lathouris The review: If you, like me, held off from watching this 2015 film because you hadn’t seen [...]