Review: Dark fable ‘Hokum’ is a keen murder mystery laced with Irish legend
At the bar in a remote hotel in Ireland, novelist Ohm Bauman (Adam Scott) raises a glass of whiskey for a toast: “to bleak endings,” he says. This is the...
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Review: ‘I Swear’ is a deeply moving, entertaining biopic about a Tourette syndrome advocate
At the recent British Academy Film Awards, there was a surprising upset. A young English actor, Robert Aramayo, the star of “I Swear,” won best actor over Leonardo DiCaprio and...
Review: ‘Michael’ is an uncanny but shallow portrayal of the rise of the King of Pop
Jaafar Jackson portrays his uncle Michael in the film and conjures a physical embodiment of the King of Pop that is eerily, almost mathematically correct. He nails every pop, point,...
Review: In ‘Mother Mary,’ Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel explore the nature of pop stardom
Music superstar Mother Mary (Anne Hathaway) shows up at the English estate of a fashion designer (Michaela Coel), setting off an exchange of wordy accusations and buried betrayals.
Review: Bob Odenkirk’s action film is more ‘Normal’ than its inspirations
What even is “normal” anyway? Here, in the film directed by Ben Wheatley, it’s the name of a small town in Minnesota, where Ulysses Richardson (Odenkirk) is serving as interim...
Review: Riz Ahmed powers a stripped down, modern-day ‘Hamlet’
Riz Ahmed stars as the prodigal prince. The setting is modern, the language original. And Shakespeare’s play has been streamlined to the emotional essentials.
Review: ‘You, Me & Tuscany’ serves up a big bowl of romance tropes and charm
Running off to Italy and into the arms of an earthy Mediterranean man is a specifically American, specifically female kind of fantasy. And Regé-Jean Page could do this role with...
Review: In ‘The Drama,’ a shocking revelation causes the freak-out
Norwegian auteur Kristoffer Borgli’s latest cinematic think piece is about what kinds of secrets we can reveal to those closest to us and still be loved by them.
Review: ‘They Will Kill You’ is a gonzo horror-fest of a comedy
If you only have time for one movie about a cult of elite satanists hunting down a pair of sisters, you might as well make it Kirill Sokolov’s cheerfully bonkers...
Review: ‘Forbidden Fruits’ is the fast fashion of girly pop horror
It’s clear that “Forbidden Fruits” director and co-writer Meredith Alloway has marinated in plenty of ‘90s teen movies and the kitschy pop culture ephemera of that era.