When it features its stars singing the Neil Diamond songbook, this biopic delights. Otherwise, it's a depressing slog.
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New York Film Festival Review: ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ from Jim Jarmusch
Jim Jarmusch constructs three scenarios about family, all different, but all revealing isolation between adult children and their parents.
Read More »New York Film Festival Review: ‘Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost’
Ben Stiller's documentary chronicles his parents as iconic humorists and an integral part of American TV culture in the 1960s and 1970s.
Read More »Fantastic Fest Movie Review: Two Kung Fu Films Rocked – ‘Road to Vendetta’ and ‘The Forbidden City’
Whether you consider yourself a martial arts movie fan or not, add both of these films to your must-see list. Between all that entertaining kicking, yelling, and jumping you’ll find deep emotional moments and romantic comedy.
Read More »New York Film Festival Review: ‘Miroirs No. 3’
Director Christian Petzold explores questions about spiritual consciousness, broken humanity, inner dislocation and the slow road to recovery after trauma.
Read More »Film Review: John Malkovich Serves Up Loss and Healing in ‘Mr. Blake at Your Service’
Andrew Blake, an English businessman grieving over the passing of his wife travels to France to visit the manor where they first met. A series of misunderstandings lead him to assume the role of the butler there, and many lives begin to change.
Read More »Tribeca Film Festival Review: ‘My Mom Jayne’ from Mariska Hargitay
With intimacy and candor, Mariska Hargitay's 'My Mom Jayne' unspools emotional recollections and buried family truths about her actress-model mother Jayne Mansfield.
Read More »Tribeca Film Festival Review: ‘Gonzo Girl’
Based on a memoir, 'Gonzo Girl' features a struggling young writer who works as an assistant to a Hunter S. Thompson-esque novelist with a wild reputation.
Read More »Tribeca Film Festival Documentary Review: ‘Nobu’
'Nobu' chronicles the journey of Nobu, Nobuyuki Matsuhisa. It reveals the failures and successes of a chef who redefined global gastronomy.
Read More »My (Tentative) 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival Schedule
My selection process prioritizes films I've never seen, the ability to get into the next screening, special guests, and film formats.
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