Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley is, to be clear, not a remake of Edmund Goulding’s 1947 film but rather another adaptation of William Lindsay Gresham’s 1946 novel. The hallmarks of noir fiction–a dissatisfied man cast his scruples aside and attempts...
10. Support the Girls Support the Girls looks at a day in the life of Lisa (Regina Hall) and her staff at a Hooters-like sports bar. Lisa is a great manager. She is upbeat, she cares about her staff, she...
10. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs The Ballad of Buster Scruggs—the Coen Brothers’ long-gestating western anthology—is a film that bounces between comedy and tragedy with demented euphoria. The film opens with a farcical tale of a singing cowboy, a la...
For a long time my relationship with 2018’s cinematic offerings resembled that of the protagonist of a romantic comedy who fell in love with his best friend: I was always looking for something that would sweep me off my feet...
One of the many things Ari Aster’s Hereditary gets right is its depiction of grief. Taking place in the aftermath of a senile matriarch’s death, the movie deftly captures the way that mourning lays a heavy wool blanket over everything, dampening the...
Ben Lewin’s Please Stand By aims to be an emotional testament to the strength and resilience of someone living with autism. Or maybe it’s a mash note to Star Trek. Lewin and screenwriter Michael Golamco deserve some credit for at least attempting to...
Title: Velvet Goldmine Year: 1998 Director: Todd Haynes Cast: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Toni Collette, Christian Bale, Eddie Izzard Synopsis: Journalist Arthur Stuart (Bale) is enlisted to investigate the rise and fall of venerated rock idol Brian Slade (Meyers), who faked...
