At the end of my review of the premiere of Fosse/Verdon, I wrote that I was not sure if the series has much to offer to an audience that doesn’t have a requisite interest in musical theater, dance, or…
Fosse/Verdon Premiere Review: “Life is a Cabaret”
On paper, the premiere of FX’s new “pop culture history miniseries,” Fosse/Verdon, doesn’t have too much going on. We see Fosse experience disappointment with one film, so he fights to make another th…
Movie Review: All The Money In The World
The best parts of Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World are the ones that dive into the vast and empty void that comes with extreme wealth. The moments that explore a man who could hear coins fall…
Movie Review: The Greatest Showman
Movies have a history in bending the truth when it comes to public figures, sometimes twisting the narrative enough for fictional purposes that the truth of the person the film is based on is lost in …
Kevin Spacey Recast In ‘All The Money In The World’
A mere two months before its release, All The Money in the World is having a major cast shakeup. According to Deadline, director Ridley Scott and producers Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas of Imperativ…
Movie Review: Manchester by the Sea
There’s a tragedy at the core of Manchester by the Sea, but you’d never see it behind that emotionless wall separating Casey Affleck from the rest of the world. His eyes are remote and affectionless, …
Certain Feelings for ‘Certain Women,’ ‘Yoga Hosers’ and ‘As You Are’ at Sundance
Before leaving Park City and the new acquaintances I met, the films I loved, and the experiences that will slowly fade in my memory, I attended Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women (10/10). Like my other h…