Black Bear ★★★
Lawrence Michael Levine’s third directorial feature, which had its premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is a hard filmContinue Reading
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Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story ★★½
If you lived during the 1990s, then you are most likely familiar with the popular Nickelodeon cartoon The Ren &Continue Reading
Leaving Las Vegas: Selfless Love for Selfish People
Love is an optimistic feeling. Besides offering an immediate sensation of fleeting joy, it promises a future where that feelingContinue Reading
The Lodge ★★★
English film critic Robin Wood once defined the horror film as one that presents a scenario of normality under threatContinue Reading
Worth ★★
What is life worth? This question is posed many times in Sara Colangelo’s biographical drama, Worth. It is posed byContinue Reading
Helpless and Tender: Codependence in Phantom Thread
Leave it to director Paul Thomas Anderson to make a romantic movie unlike one we have ever seen before. InsteadContinue Reading
Never Rarely Sometimes Always ★★★½
Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always is one of those Sundance films that will surely get people talking. It isContinue Reading
Redemption Through Platonic Love in A New Leaf
In A New Leaf, Walter Matthau plays Henry Graham, a playboy with a profligate spending habit that bankrupts him andContinue Reading
Love, Loss, and Obsession in Silver Linings Playbook
There is a fine line between love and obsession, and David O. Russell explores both in Silver Linings Playbook. WhenContinue Reading
Predictions for the 92nd Academy Awards
Last year’s decision that the Academy Awards would be host-less proved to be a success, this year’s ceremony following suit.Continue Reading
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