M Categories Movies Reviews May 18, 2023 Master Gardener plants an interesting seed that doesn’t quite flourish Paul Schrader’s latest “God’s lonely man” tale wants to say something about race & redemption, but misses the mark.
A Categories Movies Reviews December 13, 2022 Avatar: The Way of Water soaks in atmosphere but drowns in its story James Cameron finally gives us the sequel we've been expecting -- a lush, pulpy technical marvel both buoyed and sunk by its technological advances.
T Categories Anniversaries Features Movies September 27, 2022 The Ice Storm at 25: a bleak domestic drama that still chills the bones Ang Lee’s adaptation of Rick Moody’s novel made suburban sex and infidelity more depressing than titillating.
S Categories Features Festivals Movies Reviews Sundance 2022 January 27, 2022 Sundance 2022: Call Jane turns history into melodrama Call Jane takes a compelling story about abortion activists and turns it into cheap melodrama.
& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 6, 2020 “Don’t be afraid, I’m part of the family”: In defense of “Alien 3” David Fincher's first feature may have angered people at the time, but it continues to prove equally daring as a sequel and a debut.
T Categories Columns Features Movies December 18, 2019 The Computerized Humanism of “Avatar”, Ten Years Later We revisit the underappreciated humanism of James Cameron's effects-driven blockbuster a decade after its release.
R Categories TV August 30, 2019 Review: “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” Is a Sprawling High Fantasy Prequel The Jim Henson Company makes a stellar return to form in Netflix's epic, ten-episode prequel to the classic 1982 film.
