Roma

Story of my life.

Alfonso Cuarón gives an epic, poetic treatment to an intimate story, a memoir of his childhood. This is a…

Midsommar

Department of Nonsensical Misogyny.

You would think that chaos is the point of horror. But the best horror movies stay in control of their nightmares. Writer-director Ari Aster has a knack for starting his movies tightly but he tends to devolve to grotesque horror non-sequiturs that…

Phantom Thread

Perhaps the most bizarre romantic comedy ever made.

The Nightingale

The evil that men do

This harrowing tale of revenge written and directed by Jennifer Kent, the director…

A Quiet Place

Sadly, not quiet enough.

The premise of this movie is promising: nasty aliens have invaded Earth and…

Red Sparrow

Department of Morally Bankrupt Movies

Never Look Away

If I were Gerhard Richter I would disavow this movie too.

NYFF: Revolución

To commemorate 100 years of the Mexican Revolution, young Mexican filmmakers were given a budget and total artistic freedom and asked to deliver ten 10 minute short films on the topic. The results are a mixed bag, and the collection is interesting, as much for its failings as for its successes. I’m…

Burn After Reading

With an enormous amount of good will, and even after reading the bad reviews, I went to see the latest Coen brothers movie because I am a fan. Or I used to be. I used to love them because they would come up with stuff so original, that even if it was too quirky for its own good, it was fresh…