The word “normalize” has been much in play in our cultural conversation lately, whether in reference to gross personal behavior, extreme…
Arrival is a splendidly restrained science fiction film, one that in fact may not become as successful as it deserves to be because of the…
The Girl on the Train would seem to to have all the surface qualities we want in an adaptation of a bestselling…
10 Cloverfield Lane is J.J. Abrams playing with us and doing it well. When the trailer appeared online a couple of months…
If your favorite Coen Brothers’ films are the early ones, the ones that got knocked for choosing dark screwball humor over characters…
If you’re checking off Oscar films this month and get to Lenny Abrahamson‘s Room, then take a moment to stop and appreciate the work of Brie Larson…
The Revenant is a film made with the high craft and serious intentions of an Oscar contender which also traffics in some awfully musty…
Anyone who has ever stood in front of a painting by Monet, Matisse, or Rothko, etc. and wondered just how all of those brush strokes added up to…
The Big Short is a terrifically angry film, and it is also a necessary one. Adam McKay’s adaptation of Michael Lewis’s book about the…
Joy is a Christmas gift for those who like their Jennifer Lawrence films pitched to manic heights. Now that the Hunger Games franchise has concluded…