Sissy Spacek and Robert Redford in 'The Old Man & the Gun.' Eric Zachanowich Sometimes a movie arrives that charms its way into your heart — and The Old Man & the Gun is just such an unassuming, exuberant gift. […]
‘Assassination Nation’ Review: Faster, Pussycat! LOL! LOL!
Odessa Young, Hari Nef, Suki Waterhouse and Abra in 'Assassination Nation.' Neon Films Fear not, ye sensitive viewers who have stumbled into writer-director Sam Levinson’s story of four young women who go from shamed, blamed, framed victims to avenging angels: […]
Spilling the Tea: For Dames Maggie, Judi, Eileen and Joan, No Subject Is Off Limits
Mark Johnson/IFC FIlms Here in the States, the populace worships the Kardashians. In the U.K., there’s nothing like a Dame. In a sane world, there’s no contest. So do have tea with the Dames: Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins […]
‘The House With a Clock in Its Walls’ Review: Thrills, Chills and Jack Black
Jack Black, Owen Vaccaro and Cate Blanchett in 'The House With A Clock in Its Walls.' Quantrell Colbert/Universal Pictures If you want to scare the kiddies but still keep them giggling, Jack Black is your man. This peerless comic actor […]
Keira Knightley Gives ‘Colette’ an Exhilarating Kick
Colette was a pioneer in women’s rights, an author who was nominated for the Nobel prize in literature six years before her death in 1954. But director Wash Westmoreland (Still Alice) — working from a script he wrote with his […]
‘The Sisters Brothers’ Review: Guns, Gold and Greed in the Wild, Warped West
Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly in 'The Sisters Brothers.' Magali Bragard The title seems like a joke: How the hell did Charlie Sisters (Joaquin Phoenix) and his older brother Eli (John C. Reilly) grow up in the Old West […]