Wednesday, Apr. 5, 2023

April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain. But it is also, if I check the clock, Mario Time.

"The Super Mario Bros. Movie," with its vistas of primary colors, is here to brighten our dreary springs, T....

Friday, Mar. 31, 2023

You would have a hard time defending the limp plotting, the bland action-adventure set pieces or the Agatha Christie-light whodunit twists of the first "Murder Mystery." And, yet, it was kind of good.

"Murder Mystery," one of Netflix's most-streamed films, was chock full of exotic...

Thursday, Mar. 30, 2023

Yas and Dom meet-cute in the best possible way in the new rom-com "Rye Lane."

They're paired up at a karaoke bar by chance and simply slay, leaving the crowd demanding more and chanting their names. The new couple recognize "an immediate, deep animal attraction."

No, not really....

Wednesday, Mar. 29, 2023

There is a dread that hovers over " A Thousand and One," writer-director A.V. Rockwell's remarkably vivid and tender debut feature about a mother and son in New York in the 1990s.

The film does not play out like a mystery or a thriller — it's about the mundanities and trials of life with...

Tuesday, Mar. 28, 2023

"You're not a lot of fun, are you," notes barbarian Holga (Michelle Rodriguez) to brave fighter Xenk (Regé-Jean Page) in the new "Dungeons & Dragons" film, making two jokes at once.

The first is that Xenk, a paladin (or holy knight) in "D&D" lingo, is everything BUT fun — gorgeous...

Thursday, Mar. 23, 2023

Richard III didn't need a horse for his kingdom. He just needed Philippa Langley.

Langley, a single mother and amateur historian living in Edinburgh, Scotland, became increasingly obsessed with the late English monarch, long portrayed as one of the great villains of history. In the...

Thursday, Mar. 23, 2023

It's one of the great ironies of cinema that many — not all, but many — of the most seemingly arthouse filmmakers make some of the most approachable films.

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are imposing names in cinema. The Belgian brothers have twice won the Palme d'Or. But you would be hard...

Wednesday, Mar. 22, 2023

All filmmakers should be so lucky to have Florence Pugh in their movies. She so consistently delivers the best version of whatever she's handed — whether good, mediocre or downright preposterous — that you may even start to wonder if the quality of the film around her really matters in the end....

Wednesday, Mar. 22, 2023

A trip to Paris should be on everyone's bucket list, even John Wick. The Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre — what better way to refresh your soul, even as you kick everyone else's bucket?

The un-retired assassin does indeed dive into the City of Lights in the inventive and...

Thursday, Mar. 16, 2023

The on-screen pairing of Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin is not exactly a novelty at the moment. Seven seasons of "Grace and Frankie" and the movie "80 for Brady" has, perhaps, spoiled us a little lately. And, unfortunately, second-act movies with Hollywood legends have a very hit or miss track...

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