Bob Marley: One Love – The Biopic That Mostly Succeeds 

Packing the politics, the history, the love and the music into a couple hours remains a challenge   The interest in legacy music cuts across generations. This is certainly apparent ... Continue Reading →

The Greatest Night in Pop

Musicians holding concerts and supporting causes goes back a very long time, but certainly a tip of the hat to George Harrison for bringing the effort into broad public consciousness ... Continue Reading →

Infinity Pool

Anyone was under age and able to sneak into a theater to see early David Cronenberg films probably never forgot the experiences, and likely followed him as he began to receive mainstream ... Continue Reading →

Zone of Interest

Based somewhat on the Martin Amis novel of the same name, this film is a stunning, chilling and amazing accomplishment. It begins by telling the seemingly mundane story of a relatively ... Continue Reading →

American Fiction

American Fiction is a an excellent, well-crafted and subversive film. It tells the story of a Black author and sometime professor (there’s certainly a lot of films about professors ... Continue Reading →

Ferrari

I’ve always been a bit befuddled and amused by the growing acclaim around Adam Driver, but in this film (notwithstanding his almost perfect name for the titular role), I can see the ... Continue Reading →

The Boys in the Boat – Rocky on the Water

I have yet to do a statistical analysis, but it feels like there are more films drawn from nonfiction sources these days. Perhaps truth is stranger than fiction, but it can certainly ... Continue Reading →

Dream Scenario

Nicolas Cage has managed an enviable career toggling between drama (Leaving Las Vegas), action (Face/Off) and comedy. In the latter genre he has excelled in films such as Fast Times ... Continue Reading →