QUEER (R) Dir. Luca Guadagnino Trippy, boozy, and devastating trip into a very gay ‘heart of darkness’ that shines a light on what it means to find acceptance from within. Grade (4.0/ 5.0) Luca Guadagnino’s Queer dives into the semi-autobiographical material of William S. Burroughs’ novella of the same name by introducing us to […]
Disclaimer Starring: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, Sacha Baron Cohen, Lesley Manville, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Director: Alfonso Cuarón Rated R/MA Running Time: 7 episodes Grade A It’s the second time in 2024 that a mini-series has not only been the better option over a feature film but also one of the best new releases of the year.
This is a feel-good movie through and through, although rather pie-in-the sky. I gather the point of the story is that kindness begets kindness from a London dance hall to the House of Dior in Paris…except when it doesn’t. Mrs. Ada Harris (played superbly by Lesley Manville) is a kindly, sparkly cleaning woman who gets a
Not a prequel about Clark Kent’s parents, but Diane Lane (“Unfaithful”) and Kevin Costner (“The Highwaymen”) do reunite in this film as husband and wife again after “Man of Steel,” once more living on a farm, trying to protect their child. Based on Larry Watson’s novel, “Let Him Go” examines domestic abuse in early 1960’s as
Just when you think you have seen every topic about dealing with cancer, filmmakers Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn strip away melodrama and focus on love under a microscope. They take a barebones script focused on a husband and wife coming to terms with cancer and allow these actors to dig into the
Imagine The Devil Wears Prada, only directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, but gender flipped and set in the 1950’s. Ok, so it’s nothing like ‘Prada’, With PTA comes an expectation of brilliance for some, divisiveness for others. Phantom Thread is more in the vein of The Master than the iconic There Will Be Blood. It’s