Avengers Endgame – The Biggest Marvel’s Blockbuster Of 2019
After over ten years of world-building, Avengers Endgame has finally been released. This blockbuster is a superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero...
Cannes Film Review: ‘The Angel’
An attractive but shallow portrayal of an attractive, shallow serial killer, based on a real-life, baby-faced murderer in 1970s Argentina.
“Doesn’t...
Cannes Film Review: ‘Ash Is Purest White’
“Ash Is Purest White,” Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke’s most serious foray into the gangster genre since “A Touch of Sin,” is a winding tale...
Cannes Film Review: Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘The Image Book’
“The Image Book,” the new film from Jean-Luc Godard, premiered today at Cannes with a sense of momentousness. It felt as though we were...
Cannes Film Review: Michael B. Jordan in ‘Fahrenheit 451’
Can an adaptation of a 65-year-old book feel too futuristic? That’s the dilemma that HBO’s “Fahrenheit 451” TV movie, directed and adapted by “99...
TV Review: ‘Sweetbitter’ on Starz
At the risk of stating the obvious, television caters to two senses: sight and sound. Starz’s “Sweetbitter,” about a young woman’s beginnings in the...
TV Review: ‘Little Women’ on PBS
When the three hours of PBS’ “Little Women” finally draw to an end, it feels less like a coming-of-age saga than a mystery. How...
TV Review: ‘Patrick Melrose,’ With Benedict Cumberbatch
Even as a heroin addict, Benedict Cumberbatch is riveting.
Through much of the pilot, the title character remains what he was bred to be: an...
Tribeca Film Review: Ethan Hawke in ‘Stockholm’
Stockholm Syndrome is a phenomenon we’re all familiar with — at least, in the abstract. In a hostage situation, some ordinary folks will start...
TV Review: ‘The Killing,’ The Final Season on Netflix
“The Killing” didn’t necessarily deserve an ending after its third-season cliffhanger, but the one-time AMC series — which went from sensation to scorned in...