An alternate version of Ladj Ly’s new film, “Les Misérables,” would end without the final 20 minutes. It would be a powerful and sad film, one which gets its point across and makes the viewer contemplate. With those last 20… Read More ›
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Movie Review: “1917”
editor’s note: We spoke to the cast and crew of “1917” at New York Comic-Con earlier this year. Be sure to listen to the interviews on our podcast. One of the things we have been told about Sam Mendes’ new… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Just Mercy”
The act of discussing an important issue in a film does not magically confer exceptional status to the movie itself. That is, making a movie about an important topic doesn’t necessarily make the movie important, nor does it make the… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Cats” (2019)
In the movie (and presumably play, but I’ve never seen it) “Six Degrees of Separation,” a con man claims to be the son of Sidney Poitier, and that Poitier is working on a film version of “Cats.” The explanation of… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Little Women” (2019)
There is a beautiful, incredible, level of truth which bursts forth from Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women.” It is there in every in every frame, in every line, in every face. This is not to say… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Jumanji: The Next Level”
editor’s note: I feel it essential to state before this review is read that I was under the weather for the screening and while I still believe my take on the movie to be accurate (or I wouldn’t publish it),… Read More ›
Movie Review: “Uncut Gems”
As the credits started to roll on “Uncut Gems,” the new Adam Sandler film written and directed by the Safdie brothers (Ronald Bronstein also has a writing credit), I checked my pulse. That is not hyperbole. My watch monitors my… Read More ›
