Kore-eda’s Monster keeps us guessing
The prolific director Hirozaku Kore-eda's latest is a complex braid of stories about secrets that seem too scary to…
It’s allergy season, and I’m allergic to Godzilla
You'll think about Japanese wartime and post-war history. You'll find a focus on redemption and grace. You'll cheer for…
Haynes hits a tense, hilarious high with May December
Just as Todd Haynes's new film keeps us guessing about Julianne Moore's deceptive ex-con and Natalie Portman's scheming…
The great Nicolas Cage shows up for Dream Scenario, but is the movie worthy of him?
No, Nicolas Cage is not "funnier than he's ever been." But he's really funny. And while everyone complains about the…
The Holdovers lives up to its name
Alexander Payne's latest has its highlights, even if it holds us a little too long, and strains a little too hard for a…
Beauty and the rock’n’roll beast: Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla
A double-feature of Priscilla and Spencer might be a fascinating study. Or it might seem merely redundant.
Misgivings about “a masterpiece”: Killers of the Flower Moon
Scorsese's new epic features some of the strongest and most conscientious work of his career. But the fact I'm opening…
Three Colors: Blue at 30
My 10,000-word deep-dive on Kieslowski's masterpiece is published in a new anthology.
Bottoms is for 2023 what Heathers was for 1988
Here's a high school comedy about hormones and hijinks that goes to violent extremes, afflicting the comfortable and…
Lily Gladstone goes soul-searching in The Unknown Country
You're probably hearing a lot about Lily Gladstone's performance in Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon. In…
Barbie, Pt. 3: My full review!
My three-part series on Greta Gerwig's Barbie culminates with my full review.