Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

A rare journey behind the words of America's poet laureate

"...authentic, global phenomenon, firebrand, and activist both on the page and in the flesh. With American race relations currently..."

July 5, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dead Don't Die

After the vampiric bite of Only Lovers Left Alive, Jim Jarmusch shambles through this zombie flick

"...A nearly nihilistic take on small-town life in the age of Trump, the film follows the Centerville, N.Y. (pop...."

June 14, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Souvenir

Joanna Hogg's dreamlike memoir of love and loss in 1980s London

"...the titular souvenir, the little secret that carries a tragedy with it. Yet for Julie the souvenir is Jean-Honoré..."

May 31, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Sun Is Also a Star

Is it destiny that brings these two lovers together, or the bland demands of a YA adaptation?

"...It’s really a matter of personal taste (and maybe age), deciding how much earnest speechifying about love is too..."

May 17, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Gloria Bell

Julianne Moore excels (as always) in this funny, poignant character study

"...the title’s Gloria Bell, a woman of a certain age who’s still trying. And that word “trying” is important,..."

March 22, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

The Academy's five favorite animated shorts, plus two ringers

"...actress Fionnula Flanagan voices the main character, Emily, whose age-related dementia causes her to drift back in time. A..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Apparition

French religious drama places miracles under the microscope

"...Can faith and evidence coexist? That's an age-old question, and one that The Apparition, the latest from..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

White Boy Rick

A true-life tale of coke, corruption, and betrayal

"...who received a life sentence in 1987 at the age of 17 for cocaine possession. Granted, Wershe Jr. was..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Skate Kitchen

Hybrid narrative/doc gets to the heart of NYC skater life

"...skate parks and streets, carving hypnotic, slo-mo figure-eights or outrageous triple ollies on every available surface and obstacle...."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Blaze

The life and legacy of Austin's ill-fated Duct Tape Messiah

"...killed a decade earlier in Austin at the too-young age of 39. That article, which revisited Foley’s impact on..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl

A madcap animated ramble through Kyoto's drinking district

"...effortlessly charming. All the while, there's a very affirming message about how romance shouldn't be hard work, and a..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Equalizer 2

Denzel Washington action sequel is a total misfire

"...Since single-handedly taking out the Russian mafia, ex-CIA agent Robert McCall (Washington) has relocated from New York to..."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Breath

Australian surfer dudes come of age in this literary adaptation.

"...Set in a western Australian coastal village during an unspecified time in the Seventies, the movie..."

June 15, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Lean on Pete

Equine tale is a lot deeper than the cheesy subject suggests.

"...up the hard way, and a redemption song, and coming-of-age movie, all wrapped in and coiled around a devastatingly..."

April 20, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Gemini

Noir murder mystery for the selfie generation.

"...news well, nor do the project’s producer and Heather’s agent. All this career chaos leads the pair to a..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Flower

Sardonic coming-of-age comedy never really matures.

"...may mimic the frequent mood swings of a typical teenager but will not hold up to serious narrative scrutiny...."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Half Magic

Heather Graham turns director in empowerment comedy

"...bad dates, bad boyfriends, and bad bosses in the age of the #MeToo zeitgeist, but it does little more..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

BPM (Beats Per Minute)

France's AIDS community battles big pharma in the 1990s

"...Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Felix Maritaud, Mehdi Touré, Aloïse Sauvage, Antoine Reinartz, Ariel Borenstein, Simon Bourgade, Simon Guélat, Coralie..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Different Stages’ The Member of the Wedding

This staging of the coming-of-age drama evokes the small-town South with vivid design work and a rock solid ensemble

"...The Member of the Wedding, Different Stages' latest offering (directed by Karen Jambon), is a coming-of-age..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

My Friend Dahmer

A look at the adolescent life of the infamous serial killer

"...of real murders, and My Friend Dahmer is a coming-of-age story about an awkward kid from a dysfunctional family...."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Dealt

The remarkable life of a blind card mechanic

"...see him bristle on-camera when the host of a vintage television show on which he long ago appeared, such..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Breathe

Andrew Garfield stars in this biopic of a British responaut and advocate for the disabled

"...paralyzed from the neck down after contracting polio at age 28. (Irreversible paralysis caused by polio is considered rare,..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

American Made

Tom Cruise is a pilot who becomes embroiled in the Iran/Contra scandal

"...Ray Liotta’s Henry Hill.) For anyone of a certain age, the ending will come as no surprise, but, as..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Infinity Baby

Babies (young and old) who can't grow up

"...of comedy: Introduce eccentric and sardonic characters, have them engage with each other with quips and quibbles perfectly timed,..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

I Do ... Until I Don't

Marriage (comedies) ain't easy

"...Marriage is dead, so sayeth avant documentary filmmaker Vivian (Wells)..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Columbus

A gorgeous and resonant tale of two loners

"...meth addict. Even though they are not similar in age, Jin and Casey connect through the town’s architecture, Columbus..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lady Macbeth

A violent, desperate housewife plots murder

"...that stands in her way. Trapped in an unconsummated marriage-by-contract to a seemingly impotent English countryman twice her age,..."

July 28, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Girls Trip

A raunchy and empowering time in New Orleans

"...try and elevate itself a little by asking the age-old question: What does it mean to have it all?..."

July 21, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Wish Upon

A music box leads to deadly wish fulfillment

"...sophomore who dreams of the things most girls her age crave (or so we’re told): wealth, respectability, popularity, and..."

July 14, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

RTX Animation Festival Premieres Powerhouse's Castlevania

Rooster Teeth's Gray G. Haddock on the "new golden age of animation"

"...said, "I do think we're entering a new golden age of animation."..."

July 7, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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