The Whale is probably the most formidable entry in the 2023 Oscars, though it has not been nominated for best film. In...
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“The Kings of the World” (“Los Reyes Del Mundo”)
Armed with a piece of paper, a government notice informing one of them that he has inherited a parcel of land in a...
Overrated: Review of ‘Everything, Everywhere, All at Once’
The "message" of this film is that, hey, your world is is still the best of all possible worlds. “Everything...
Rereading a Classic: Review of City of Quartz by Mike Davis
A rereading of "City of Quartz" by the recently departed Mike Davis is necessary to appreciate how brilliant it is,...
Blanchett at the Top of Her Game in Tár
Cate Blanchett is at the top of her game in this drama where orchestral politics and sexual intrigue come together to...
Casting is Everything: A review of Banshees of Inisherin
The Oscar-nominated "Banshees of Inisherin" is a beautifully acted unconventional tale of pre-Facebook "unfriending"...
Not a Hatchet Job: Review of Ronald Suny’s “Stalin: Passage to Revolution”
Stalin by Ronald Grigor Suny is not a hatchet-job on Stalin like many other works by liberal scholars. Based on...
Cornering a Predator, Bringing them Back Alive: Review of She Said and Thirteen Lives
If you ask me, two films that should definitely be in contention for best film at the Oscars this year are “She Said”...
Re: Dolly de Leon’s Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for the Golden Globes
Her performance in Triangle of Sadness, where she turns from a meek OFW to, well, a not-so-meek OFW, was superb and...
Spellbinding: Review of Decision to Leave by Park Chan Wook
The professional and the personal merge intricately to create a memorable story of crime and passion set in a Korea...
Towards 2042: Review of Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Others have made the point that America has a caste system, but no one has made it as effectively as Isabel Wilkerson....
Emancipation Review
You can never fail with a story of someone successfully eluding those chasing him with bloodthirsty dogs. And if it’s...