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Friday, Nov. 11, 2022
Directorial Perspectives On "Till" and "Armageddon Time"
Chinonye Chukwu has found that at times the most profound way into a story can be the path less--or even never before--traveled as reflected in her taking a detour from the conventional protagonist perspective in the last two features she directed, Clemency (2019) and now Till (Orion Pictures,...
Friday, Nov. 11, 2022
Cinematographers & Cameras: Lensing "Tár," "Women Talking," "Don’t Worry Darling"
One DP realized his dream of working with a director whom he feels set the tone years ago for what’s possible in indie cinema. Another continued a fruitful collaborative relationship with a writer-director which has now yielded their most challenging and perhaps most relevant film. And our third...
Friday, Nov. 11, 2022
Guild Awards Preview: Delving Into Brave Prequel Worlds
With the guild awards season fast approaching, we can expect as in years past a series of familiar TV shows, telefilms and limited series to gain recognition--some of which have already scored at the Emmys back in September but remain eligible for the likes of the ACE Eddie, Art Directors Guild (...
Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022
Review: Apple TV+'s "Spirited" Holiday Musical Starring Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds
The devil works in public relations in "Spirited," a new spin on "A Christmas Carol" starring Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds. With songs by "The Greatest Showman" duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, big ensemble dance numbers choreographed by Chloe Arnold and special effects galore, "Spirited" it is a...
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022
Review: Ryan Coogler's "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"
Made in the wake of tragedy, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" reverberates with the agony of loss, piercing the usually less consequential superhero realm. Like someone going through the stages of grief, Ryan Coogler's movie is at turns mournful and rootless, full of rage and blessed with clarity...
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022
Review: Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans"
A movie by one of Hollywood's most successful directors that's based on his early life begins, appropriately enough, at a movie theater and ends in a movie back lot. "The Fabelmans" is clearly a very personal film for Steven Spielberg and it's as much a coming-of-age journey as a form of expensive...
Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022
Review: Director Sebastián Lelio's "The Wonder" Starring Florence Pugh
It is 1862 in a remote Irish village when an English nurse is called in by a local council to observe and investigate a phenomenon in the haunting new film "The Wonder." There is, she's told, an 11-year-old girl who has not eaten food in four months and seems to still be healthy. The nurse, Lib...
Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022
Review: Alejandro G. Iñárritu's "Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths"
In the swaggering, maximalist cinema of Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Iñárritu has, himself, never been all that far off the screen. Since his blistering debut in "Amores Perros" to his seamless, surrealistic "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)," Iñárritu's showman-like presence has been easy...
Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022
Review: Director Lila Neugebauer's "Causeway" Starring Jennifer Lawrence
A pickup truck breaking down on the street turns into a blessing of sorts in "Causeway," a new, gentle Apple TV+ drama starring Jennifer Lawrence. She plays a military engineer recovering in her native New Orleans after a debilitating brain injury suffered in Afghanistan when her Chevrolet truck's...
Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022
Review: Director Phyllis Nagy's "Call Jane"
In director Phyllis Nagy's "Call Jane," Joy (Elizabeth Banks) is a 1960s housewife married to a defense attorney (Chris Messina) with a teenage daughter (Grace Edwards) and a baby on the way. A heart condition, though, threatens her life in childbirth. The only treatment, her doctor tells her, is "...