Film on the Disc: ORLANDO
Historical movies have a reputation for being stuffy examinations of old rich people that cheekily…
Film on the Television: IN THE BEDROOM on MGMHD
In 2001, director Todd Field burst onto the screen with In The Bedroom, an extremely assured…
Film on the Disc: FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!
Ed’s Note: When Netflix first started its streaming service, it offered a wide range of…
Film on the Television: NEW YORK, NEW YORK on MGMHD
I really REALLY wasn’t going to write about musicals again today. I just did a…
PASSENGERS (with spoilers)
Passengers has to be the product of studio manipulation. There is absolutely no other way…
COLLATERAL BEAUTY
Passion projects have a troubled history in Hollywood. At their best, they can be risky…
Film on the Internet: FOOTLOOSE on Netflix
In 1980, a small town in Oklahoma faced a “scandal” so old fashioned that People…
Film on the Internet: SCROOGED on Netflix
Maybe it’s that Hallmark’s Christmas movies all follow in the footsteps of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas…
MISS SLOANE
At my screening of Miss Sloane, I sat in the back row of the somewhat small…
Film on the Internet: WAKING LIFE on Netflix
In the first scene of his first film, Slacker, Richard Linklater ponders the magnitude of life’s…