Cory Finley gets a gentleman’s C for his new film “Bad Education”. It debuted at The Toronto International Film Festival back in September to a mediocre reception, including my own. The film wasn’t picked up by any Hollywood studio, but then made a deal with HBO to be released as a movie on their channel. […]
If this were some studio funded buddy comedy, it would likely star Jason Segal, and or Jason Clarke. It’s not however, it’s a small indie film with some dark humor, more in the vein of Trey Edward Shults’ “Krisha”. The small-natured production value of “The Climb” is both charming and a bit infuriating for the
Director Michael Winterbottom and Steve Coogan reunite on this, their fourth film together. This time the duo are outside their ongoing “The Trip” franchise, tackling fame and greed. The 2019 film which debuted to little fanfare at the Toronto International Film Festival has its predictable moments of British sarcasm, most of the jokes play like
The first Korean film to win the Palm d’Or ignited expectations at Cannes as Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho’s latest work leaps to the front of the international film awards race. “Snowpiercer” and “Okja” are the most recent examples of a filmmaker that’s sure of his craft and working at a level above most. He
“Can I get you anything” is an odd question to ask someone moments away from an execution. “Clemency,” the new film starting Alfre Woodard attempts to put the viewer in a place they haven’t been before, inside the mind of a death row warden. From the shocking opening moments of a nearly botched lethal injection
It’s been a while since we had a powerful wrongly accused, racial discrimination courtroom drama. Upcoming “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” director Destin Daniel Cretton continues his collaborations with Brie Larson (“Short Term 12,” “The Glass House”) in “Just Mercy.” The subject matter and the simplistic way the story is told mirrors
It’s getting personal this awards season. Noah Baumbach is the latest filmmaker to project his own personal life story onto the big screen. Specifically his divorce from actress Jennifer Jason Leigh. Baumbach might have just created one of the most imperative films about divorce ever committed to cinema. Marriage Story is about everything from falling
‘Creatures of the sky’ they refer to themselves. Amazon’s big-budget movie “The Aeronauts” finally comes together after production delays and a few edits. What isn’t coming together is a theatrical release. Amazon Films new director Jennifer Salke scraped the wide release in America despite “The Aeronauts” garnering impressive reviews from film festivals like TIFF and
You don’t have to be Catholic, know anything about the Papacy, or even follow religion to be moved by Fernando Meirelles’ (“The Constant Gardner”) latest film. “Any journey can start with a mistake.” The Two Popes isn’t about mistakes, despite featuring the subplot of the first Pope to resign in over 700 years. It’s also
It is likely that I’m one of the few people who haven’t seen the documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” despite having watched “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood” as a child. It would be incorrect to think the new feature film by Marielle Heller is centered around the beloved Mr. Rogers. It’s not. In fact “A Beautiful