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Tag Archives: reviews
Review: Babygirl (2024)
I’ve been really looking forward to this one, especially because it’s what is known as “divisive”. It’s fun to finally see it and make up my own mind. I’ve been writing about Harris Dickinson since he first arrived in 2017’s … Continue reading
Review: The Last Showgirl (2024)
Pamela Anderson gives one of the best performances of the year. I’m so happy about it and so happy I got to review The Last Showgirl. Thank you so much for stopping by. If you like what I … Continue reading
Review: The End (2024)
Joshua Oppenheimer’s two documentaries about the genocidal campaigns in Indonesia in 1965-66 are so haunting and terrible – the leering mask withdrawn to show something even more monstrous underneath – I don’t know if I can see them again. But … Continue reading
Review: All We Imagine as Light (2024)
This is so good. I reviewed for Ebert. Thank you so much for stopping by. If you like what I do, and if you feel inclined to support my work, here’s a link to my Venmo account. And … Continue reading
Review: Small Things Like These (2024)
Cillian Murphy gives one of my favorite performances this year in the quiet painful Small Things Like These, an intimate character study with Ireland’s shameful Magdalene Laundries looming over everything. I reviewed for Ebert. Thank you so much … Continue reading
Review: No Other Land (2024)
A very tough challenging watch. But it should be watched. (In my review for Ebert I mention Green Border, directed by Polish master Agnieszka Holland, released earlier this year. See it. One if fictional – but barely – it’s really … Continue reading
Review: Magpie (2024)
There’s a lot that’s fun here, particularly the subtleties of psychology on display. You might miss the subtleties because of the style of the film and the twisty-clever plot – but for me the emotional insights were the real point … Continue reading
Review: Amber Alert (2024)
A re-make – sort of – of the 2012 film, directed by the same person. It has its good points, but then gets a little dumb. I reviewed for Ebert. Thank you so much for stopping by. If … Continue reading
Review: Sweetheart Deal (2024)
Extremely upsetting documentary about four prostitutes working Aurora Avenue in Seattle. It took ten years to make. I reviewed for Ebert.