The Business of Film and Entertainment
Written by: Victoria Alexander
Chalamet is a disaster as the object of desire of 2 of the Little Women. He’s like the fifth sister hugging his knees and prancing around. He’s prettier and thinner than his co-stars. The March sisters are bores. They keep … Continue reading
Written by: Victoria Alexander
It builds to a sensational, illuminating scene between Johansson and Driver, then slips when Driver, who does have a strong singing voice, uses the film to audition for a Broadway musical. It’s tough to make a film about marriage. You … Continue reading
Written by: Victoria Alexander
All hail the triumphant return of Sarah Connor. They got it right. Let’s ignore the ridiculous previous – financial, rather than heroic, attempts to keep the franchise going – and just say here is the sequel to that money-making name … Continue reading
Written by: Hannah Tran
The Wave (Gille Klabin, 2019) 1 out of 4 stars. The Wave is the type of movie that you feel you know exactly who made it and exactly who they made it for, and, likely, you even know some of these … Continue reading
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Associate Editor
The Song of Names (François Girard, 2019) 2 out of 4 stars. There is one truly affecting scene in The Song of Names, the new film from François Girard (The Red Violin), based on the eponymous 2002 novel by Norman … Continue reading
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Associate Editor
Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu, 2019) 2 out of 4 stars. Despite strong central performances from lead actress Alfre Woodard (Knucklehead), as a benumbed prison warden on the verge of an emotional breakdown, and Aldis Hodge (Brian Banks), as a death-row inmate, … Continue reading
Written by: Rob Goald, Senior Editor
The Cheerful Subversive’s Guide to INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING By Dan Mirvish Routledge/Taylor & Francis A Focal Press Book New York 2017 Learning how to produce ultra-low-budget feature films is a demanding and complicated task. Even earning a bachelor’s degree in Film, … Continue reading
Written by: Christopher Llewellyn Reed
In Lower Manhattan, bordered on the west by the Hudson River, the east by Broadway, the north by Canal Street, and on the south by the World Trade Center site, lies the neighborhood known as Tribeca (formerly spelled “TriBeCa,” each … Continue reading
Written by: Stan Popovich
Many celebrities deal with the pressures of Hollywood on a regular basis. Here are some suggestions on how to manage the stresses and anxieties of dealing with peer pressure when working in Hollywood. 1. Know Where You Stand. Ask yourself … Continue reading
Bad Boys for Life (Adil El Arbi/Bilall Fallah, 2020) 2½ out of 4 stars. 17 years have passed since the last installment of the Bad Boys franchise assaulted audiences’ eyes with unrelenting machismo and other problematic content. In hindsight, Bad Boys and Bad … Continue reading
Dolittle (Stephen Gaghan, 2020) 2½ out of 4 stars. In 1920, British author Hugh Lofting, fresh out of the horrific trenches of World War I, published a children’s fantasy novel entitled The Story of Doctor Dolittle, in which he recounted the … Continue reading
Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton, 2019) 3 out of 4 stars. Already the subject of an HBO documentary that opened in 2019, attorney Bryan Stevenson now gets his dramatized due in Just Mercy, from director Destin Daniel Cretton (The Glass … Continue reading
Like a Boss (Miguel Arteta, 2020) 1 out of 4 stars. I long for the day when January ceases to be a bottomless pit of mediocre and downright horrible films. Occasionally you’ll get a surprise hit like Cloverfield in 2008 or an underrated … Continue reading
Underwater (William Eubank, 2020) 2 out of 4 stars. An action thriller that almost drowns in its soaked clichés, Underwater nevertheless manages to hold viewer interest for a good portion of its blessedly taut 95-minute length, largely thanks to competent performances from the … Continue reading
Inherit the Viper (Anthony Jerjen, 2019) 2½ out of 4 stars. It’s a tale focused around a topic as old as time itself: family. And yet, Anthony Jerjen’s debut film Inherit the Viper doesn’t feel traditional at all. It is a … Continue reading
A Hidden Life (Terrence Malick, 2019) 1 out of 4 stars. Once upon a time, I admired the work of Terrence Malick. His debut feature, the 1973 Badlands, remains one of my favorite films of all time, its combination of … Continue reading
63 Up (Michael Apted, 2019) 3 out of 4 stars. Humans don’t tend to be a reflective species. The long-running British documentary Up series, however, forces its subjects to be exactly that, catching up with its several subjects every seven … Continue reading
Midnight Family (Luke Lorentzen, 2019) 4 out of 4 stars. Imagine a country with a terrible national health-care infrastructure and little regulation over the ways that desperate citizens seek to not only do business, but survive. No, it’s not the … Continue reading
