M Categories Movies Reviews October 5, 2022 Mr. Harrigan’s Phone drops the call The latest Stephen King adaptation falls flat thanks to lifeless acting and lazy screenwriting.
K Categories Columns KinoKultur July 4, 2021 KinoKultur: Political Vaudeville in Sweet Liberty and F.T.A. Looking at the radical potential of vaudeville through its appearances in a farce and a long-suppressed documentary.
5 Categories Anniversaries Features June 25, 2021 50 years on, “Klute” is still its own kind of noir Alan J. Pakula's first installment of his Paranoia Trilogy remains a slyly feminist tale anchored by breakout work from Jane Fonda.
& Categories Movies P.S.H. I Love You May 4, 2021 “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay” is a strange final film for Philip Seymour Hoffman Philip Seymour Hoffman's final role, as a CG-assisted reprise in the final Hunger Games films, is more a commemoration than a performance.
P Categories Features Movies P.S.H. I Love You April 19, 2021 P.S.H. I Love You: Hoffman elevates “Catching Fire” In a rare big budget franchise appearance, Philip Seymour Hoffman gives some gravitas and nuance to the "Hunger Games" series.
& Categories Reviews TV October 20, 2020 “The Undoing” is an intriguing drama about a rich family shaken by tragedy David E. Kelley's latest for HBO features Nicole Kidman in another excellent turn as a therapist who's pulled into a murder investigation.
P Categories Columns Movies P.S.H. I Love You October 6, 2020 P.S.H. I Love You: Avoid the trip to “Cold Mountain” Philip Seymour Hoffman does his level best to elevate Anthony Minghella's Oscar-friendly Miramax Western, but even he can't save it.
& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies July 15, 2020 “A Time to Kill” is a misguided page-turner of a movie Joel Schumacher's second John Grisham adaptation is a myopic look at race and the criminal justice system in the American South.
A Categories Movies September 20, 2019 Ad Astra Review: Is There Life Out There? Brad Pitt seeks the divine amongst the stars in James Gray's flawed but mesmerizing space epic.
C Categories Columns Criterion Corner Movies July 19, 2019 Criterion Corner: “Do the Right Thing”, “1984”, “Klute”, “The BRD Trilogy” Race, control, and patriarchy reign in July's offerings from Criterion.
