Apr 28, 2017
Film Review: High-Rise (2015)
Director Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of J. G. Ballard’s novel, High-Rise, stars Tom Hiddleston as Dr. Robert Laing, a physiologist and a...
Apr 21, 2017
Film Review: The Light Between Oceans (2016)
“You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day, all the time. You have to keep remembering the bad...
Apr 14, 2017
Verdi, Vaudeville, Music Videos, and Maharajas: Moulin Rouge! And the Postmodern Musical
Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! is an extravagant musical romance set in turn-of-the-century Paris with anachronistic musical elements and a...
Apr 7, 2017
Film Review: Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Wacky and wonderful, director Taika Waititi’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople is about a heart-warming relationship between a foster-care teen...
Mar 31, 2017
Film Review: Moonlight (2016)
A young, black, homosexual boy named Chiron (Alex Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, and Trevante Rhodes) struggles with masculinity and sexuality...
Mar 17, 2017
Film Review: Silence (2016)
Based on the historical fiction novel of the same name, Silence is the long-gestated passion project of director—and lapsed...
Mar 3, 2017
Film Review: Fist of Fury (1973)
The Bruce Lee vehicle Fist of Fury, which was mistakenly released in USA under the name The Chinese Connection, features the martial arts...
Feb 24, 2017
Movie References: La La Land and Casablanca
The swooping, breath-taking, masterfully presented musical La La Land plays homage to many classic Hollywood films, but perhaps none more...
Feb 17, 2017
Film Review: Hidden Figures (2016)
Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe, Hidden Figures tells the true story of a trio of pioneering African...
Jan 20, 2017
Film Review: Trishna (2011)
Trishna is a loose adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Ubervilles transported from Victorian England to modern-day India and...
