V Categories Reviews TV January 11, 2023 Velma serves up a perfect Scooby Snack Jinkies! HBO Max’s Scooby Doo spin-off features a fresh take on an established supporting character.
W Categories Reviews TV November 23, 2022 Wednesday brings back the dark charms of the Addams Family Tim Burton directs a perfectly cast Jenna Ortega as Gomez & Morticia's daughter finding her way in a creepy & ooky world.
G Categories Movies Reviews October 22, 2022 Glass Onion recaptures the charm & magic of the original Benoit Blanc returns to solve another crime in Rian Johnson's cluttered but funny mystery.
S Categories Movies Reviews September 14, 2022 See How They Run wastes a great ensemble with a humdrum murder mystery While impressive to look at, this stodgy attempt at an Agatha Christie whodunnit belongs in a dusty old attic.
C Categories Movies Reviews September 12, 2022 Confess Fletch, confess that Jon Hamm rocks an ok comic mystery Adventureland director Greg Mottola goes for laughs and gets them, sometimes to the rest of the movie's detriment.
N Categories Reviews TV May 28, 2022 Now & Then has style, but its thrills are strictly intermittent Murderous secrets bubble to the surface in a show whose whole cannot match its best parts.
K Categories Columns Features KinoKultur May 28, 2022 KinoKultur: Jigsaw & Dementia offer two different takes on British noir The newly restored Jigsaw & Dementia are equally stylish, but the superior Dementia places its victim at the forefront
T Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month April 4, 2022 Top of the Lake sees Campion go deep but narrow Jane Campion's first television work in decades boasts masterful character work and a frustratingly blinkered perspective.
I Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month April 1, 2022 In the Cut sees Jane Campion turn her eye to the 21st century The great director delves into New York's anxious days post-9/11 via a thriller about a woman usure who she can trust.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2022 March 18, 2022 SXSW 2022: The Cow should be put out to pasture Winona Ryder is the sole saving grace in The Cow, an unnecessarily convoluted mystery with a distastefully archaic view of women & aging