Cassandro movie review & film summary (2023)
adminCassandro could have been played as the Liberace of lucha libre, but Williams’ film doesn’t quite commit to the theatrical potential of his character or his story. It’s too serious,…
When Evil Lurks movie review & film summary (2023)
Brothers Pedro (Ezequiel Rodriguez) and Jimmy (Demian Salomon) discover that a “rotten” has been growing or decomposing or I don’t even know how to describe it in a nearby farmhouse…
The Holdovers movie review & film summary (2023)
Payne bounces back from the disastrous “Downsizing” by reuniting with the star of arguably his most beloved film, “Sideways.” Paul Giamatti gets his richest part in years as Paul Hunham,…
Ten Must-See Films at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival | Chaz’s Journal
I am also excited to see Maggie Betts’ “The Burial,” based on Jonathan Harr’s extraordinary 1999 New Yorker article about funeral home owner Jeremiah O’Keefe (Tommy Lee Jones) whose business is rescued…
Film Forum’s Ousmane Sembène Retrospective Honors the Senegalese Master | Features
Sembène was a great activist, a man of extraordinary contradiction who brooked no dissent in his ferocious drive to speak truth to power on behalf of, yes, his people but…
Venice Film Festival 2023: Poor Things, Maestro, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, The Killer | Festivals & Awards
In one shot the movie literally casts Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, the maestro’s wife, in the shadow of the exuberant conductor. It leaps directly from the couple’s courtship, when Felicia declares…
Perpetrator movie review & film summary (2023)
Written and directed by Jennifer Reeder (“Knives and Skin”), “Perpetrator” juggles a lot of ideas, grotesque imagery, and side stories—some of which come together and complement one another, while some…
The Mountain movie review & film summary (2023)
“The Mountain” opens with Salvador, a handsome middle-aged fellow with salt-and-pepper hair and a light beard of the same coloring, appearing to be a nice, proper bourgeois French single man in…
Taylor Swift Concert Film Brings Eras Tour to Theaters
Taylor Swift has become a cultural phenomenon. Her Eras Tour is receiving rave reviews, and now everyone who missed it can catch it in theaters. Swift was an absolute superstar before the pandemic,…
Slotherhouse movie review & film summary (2023)
As the title suggests, “Slotherhouse” is about a sloth that terrorizes a sorority. The fake house is cleverly called Sigma Lambda Theta, which essentially spells … sloth. And the sloth is basically…