‘Crimes of the Future’ review: Dear David, love Cronenberg

Evolution — the process of undergoing natural changes in a life form’s characteristics across several generations. Once a Darwinian theory, now a scientific explanation for the reason the terrifying Tyrannosaurus Rex has a family photo with Tweety bird.  But Darwin’s…

Green Book’s Perspective is Skewed to Favor Viggo Mortensen Over Mahershala Ali

Peter Farrelly, whose filmography consists of mostly comedies such as There’s Something About Mary and Dumb and Dumber, takes on a different kind of film with Green Book. Co-written by Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, and Brian Hayes Currie, the film downplays…

Movie Review: Captain Fantastic

In order to exploit as much enjoyment out of Matt Ross’s Captain Fantastic, a viewer has to first set aside their irritation at the single minded nature of just about all of the adult characters. When a film is so…

Movie Review – ‘Jauja’

How odd: I feel like I shouldn’t like Lisandro Alonso’s Jauja half as much as I do. A mystery without an answer (or is it an answer without a mystery?), Jauja feels at times like an almost-Western, an almost-historical drama,…