The Green Knight (***1/2) feels like Chaucer
If you like stories with morals that haven't been re-written in the last 12 years, The Green Knight should entertain. The result feels more entertaining and less tainted by modernity
View ArticleThe Last Duel (***): Good Will Rashomon
The hard thing about period pieces is those who make them are subject to the sensibilities of the time they are being made.
View ArticleKing Richard (***1/2) is a story we need
The most complex parent gets the title of the film, if only because we know, eventually the daughters will get all of the glory. Talk about inspiration. Talk about greatness. Talk about The Williams...
View ArticleBelfast (****) Move myself and my family aside…
This is a brief tale that lacks any amount of pretension that might be present in a longer film.
View ArticleThe Eyes of Tammy Faye (***) – All you are is blind
If nothing esle, the movie gives us some depth to what feels like an incredibly trite characterization living in memory.
View ArticleHouse of Gucci (*****) – Don’t you want me?
House of Gucci is a powerful and concise film. It gives us the clear vision of what happens when a family inherits a vision that they don't fully understand or even deserve.
View ArticleAnother Look: Almost Famous Bootleg Cut (****) feels real but still too perfect
In Almost Famous, we have all problems wrapped up in a nice little bow with not much more than smiles to remember. There should have at least been some sort of venerial disease as a result of all that...
View ArticleThe Northman (***1/2) The Thread of Time
Written and Directed by Robert EggersBased on The legend of Amieth by Saxo GrammaticusStarring Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, Willem Dafoe There is...
View ArticleSound of Freedom (****) rings a clarion call
The portrayal that we are granted by Monteverde and his writing partner Barr give those in bondage a light. Let's hope it's a light that never goes out.
View ArticleOppenheimer (*****) – Everything, even light
So if this is a victory, it is a small one. It's a ray of hope in the shadow within which the power resides
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