‘Fallen Leaves’ (2023) Aki Kaurismäki’s desperate lonely lovers picture
Aki Kaürismaki’s ‘Fallen Leaves’ a depiction of desperate, lonely lovers … More ‘Fallen Leaves’ (2023) Aki Kaurismäki’s desperate lonely lovers picture
Aki Kaürismaki’s ‘Fallen Leaves’ a depiction of desperate, lonely lovers … More ‘Fallen Leaves’ (2023) Aki Kaurismäki’s desperate lonely lovers picture
Updated version of the 2024 Oscar Points … More Oscar Points 2024: 96th Academy Awards Edition
The devastating portrayal of the Von Erich’s collapse in ‘The Iron Claw’ … More ‘The Iron Claw’ (2023) tears the audience to shreds
Oscar thoughts on a lively nomination morning … More Oscar Nominations: I Hate Diane Warren
Reminiscing on Frank Capra’s American masterpiece on political corruption and American idealism, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” (1941) … More Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939) an endlessly rewatchable film
Michael Mann’s passion project ‘Ferrari’ … More ‘Ferrari’ (2023) a Michael Mann miss
Saccharine, feel good cinema that treats religion as a funny game and not indoctrination that shapes world view. The easy going tone of Freemon Craig’s approach in the script allows for the coming-of-age humor to come into play but there’s no real revelatory element to the screenplay that felt new or necessary. The entire religion … More Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (2023) coming-of-age slop
The one place to follow ALL of the 2023 Oscar season … More Oscar Points: 2023 Edition
Three reviews from 2023 films … More Three Reviews: 2023 films
Martin Scorsese captures the anger in the zeitgeist once again with ‘Killers of the Flower Moon.’ Projecting the type of American unrest and intensely uneasy feeling that persists. In one of Marty’s most invasive, deeply personal pictures, he personally signs his name with the closing of the film. Speaking to the weight behind this narrative and not undermining it with the dramatics of the picture. He emphasizes the suffering and most importantly, that nothing is seen nor heard and these ideologies continue to live on into the future … More Martin Scorsese captures the anger floating in the zeitgeist with “Killers of the Flower Moon”