A Hidden Life ★★★½
In every war, there are those who fight and those who do not. While film, and artistic depictions of warContinue Reading
Category: 2019 Cannes Film Festival
Portrait of a Lady on Fire ★★★
Painting, like any kind of art, is a personal interpretation of truth. A portrait is as much the painter’s perspectiveContinue Reading
Parasite ★★★★
Much of the delight in watching a Bong Joon-ho film is caught up in experiencing the careful tightrope all ofContinue Reading
The Lighthouse
It doesn’t take much more than the opening scene of The Lighthouse to realize you’re watching the work of aContinue Reading
Sorry We Missed You ★★★½
While I watched the exhaustingly devastating Sorry We Missed You, I couldn’t help but ponder the brief but shrewd remarksContinue Reading
Nina Wu ★★½
At its core, the #MeToo movement has at least somewhat succeeded in exposing the degree to which corruption, misogyny, andContinue Reading
Matthias & Maxime ★★★
We never see the pivotal kiss that informs every consecutive second of Matthias & Maxime. Xavier Dolan‘s latest, a distantContinue Reading
Wounds Ø
If ever there was a digital-age successor to the totally dumb delight of Tommy Wiseau‘s 2003 cult classic The Room,Continue Reading
The Dead Don’t Die ★★
Very few film genres have become as thoroughly rotten to the core over the years as the zombie movie. It’sContinue Reading
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