‘Pain and Glory’ Is More Than Almodovar’s 8 1/2 (NYFF57)
Pain and Glory, now at the New York Film Festival, marks the eighth time Pedro Almodovar and Antonio Banderas have worked together, in a long collaboration that began in the 1980s, at the
‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ Celebrates the Sensuality of the Female Gaze (NYFF57)
Celine Sciamma’s gorgeous Portrait of a Lady on Fire meticulously
September 30, 2019
DameStruck: Not Wanted (1949)
Not Wanted is something of an outlier in director Ida Lupino’s oeuvre
September 25, 2019
‘Human Capital’ Fails to Fully Capitalize on Its Humanity (TIFF 2019)
Human Capital, which premiered at TIFF this week, is the fifth film from
September 13, 2019
‘Grit’ Shines a Hopeful, Furious Light on an Environmental Disaster
In 2006, a massive eruption of hot mud in Sidoarjo, Indonesia buried 16
September 9, 2019
‘It: Chapter Two’: Fewer Scares, More Fright
In the two years since It was unleashed on the world, enthusiasm for the
September 9, 2019
An Open Letter to a White Male Film Critic
*In response to this post via First Showing: An Open Letter About the
September 9, 2019