Tim Jackson
The pace of this superb mini-series is keyed to generating intimacy with the characters and their struggles.
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Marvelously acted and directed, First Cow is a masterpiece that dramatizes how struggle and adversity are part of the human comedy.
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A comical version of Jane Austen is coming our way via Autumn de Wilde’s Emma.
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While The Assistant’s scenario alludes to Harvey Weinstein, the problem is systemic in the entertainment business and probably many other workplaces.
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You will laugh at Uncut Gems, but you will leave the theater shaking.
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Waves is a plea for mutual understanding, for acts of grace that transcend race, age, gender, and social status.
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Despite some glimmers of hope, By the Grace of God will not be an easy film for anyone — for loyal believers, for those disillusioned by the church, for anyone who has suffered from abuse.
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Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles is nothing if not provocative fodder for a cinematic niche: the animated feature sheds intriguing light on one of the major film directors of the 20th century at a pivotal time in his career. ,/em>
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As Judy Garland, Renée Zellweger is in a movie that doesn’t match her fine performance.
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Why has Downton Abbey, the film and the series, been so successful? We are given a romanticized vision of essential ‘Britishness,’ a nostalgic version of the class system.
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Book Review: “American Purgatory” — Prison as a Form of Social Control