For centuries, New York City has welcomed immigrants from every nation, matching each wave of newcomers with an enclave of their own. True, there’s a lot to who lives where and why, but at least there’s a place, no matter … Continue reading IN THE HEIGHTS
Undine—the latest from German filmmaker Christian Petzold—is a curious little mystery about one woman, two men, and a whole lot of water. Derived from the Latin word for wave, unda, Undine is a water nymph in European mythology, which ought … Continue reading UNDINE
An elderly man in an all-white suit sits in an all-white room. He is broken, beaten, and bloody. What happened to him, we know not. We don’t even know his name. Nor do we know the name of the second … Continue reading THE AMUSEMENT PARK
It was the 1960s, and revolution was in the air. For French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, cinema was the way to express ideas artistic, political, and otherwise. He opened the decade with Breathless, a free-flowing anarchic take on cinematic language that was … Continue reading MASCULIN FÉMININ
First things first: No harm comes to the dogs (it’s hard to harm a digital dog). True, there’s one outfit that appears to be fashioned out of Dalmatian hide, but it’s a ruse. Come to think of it, the very … Continue reading CRUELLA
A man goes to the movies. The critic must be honest enough to admit he is that man. —Robert Warshow Like a lot of you, I spent 2020 at home. And, as you probably know, that meant an awful lot … Continue reading A QUIET PLACE PART II
Elizabeth and Monty opens not with a movie but with an incident. Arguably the most infamous incident of Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift’s relationship: Him lying on the ground in a pool of blood, her in a white satin cocktail dress fishing broken teeth from his throat. Continue reading ELIZABETH AND MONTY: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THEIR INTIMATE FRIENDSHIP
Cefn Fforest of South Wales has seen better days. Storefronts are boarded up, and the residents shuffle between jobs that provide no purpose, no sense of meaning. This used to be a mining village—emphasis on used to be. And it … Continue reading DREAM HORSE
He’s just so damn handsome. Smooth skin, full head of shiny black hair, snappy dinner clothes, thin as a rail—what girl wouldn’t fall for Jerry Corbett? Coffee heiress Joan Prentice sure does. She falls for his charm and she falls … Continue reading MERRILY WE GO TO HELL
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