The Many Faces of America's Blatantly Diverse Filmmaker
One July morning in 1989, I woke up in my New York apartment to find my roommate Gary chatting excitedl...
Washington and Davis Show Their Range in Wilson's Play
DIRECTOR: DENZEL WASHINGTON/2016
Pittsburgh, 1950s. Troy Maxson arrives home from work with his frien...
Natalie Portman's Jackie Goes Beyond Camelot
DIRECTED BY PABLO LARRAIN/2016
JIM TUDOR: The car sails down the Dallas highway, a secret service agent on the...
10 Movies Not to Be Missed + 1 to Skip (+ Top Soundtracks)
Any discussion of “the best” is fraught with complication. Nominating the best art of an arbitrary ti...
A Popcorn Flick, not an Oscar Contender (and that's nothing to complain about)
DIRECTOR: MORTEN TYLDUM/2016
Could any place be lonelier than space?
J...
Pentalogy.
It might be word you’re about to become more acquainted with in the movie world.
In the lead-up to the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to F...
Karen Allen Freshens Up a Stale Drama
DIRECTOR: ALEXANDER JANKO/2016
What do you do after you retire? Joan doesn’t know, especially since she isn’t reti...
Unanimously Overturning Fraud at the Box Office
The greatest boon to American political films came, oh, some four score and eight years ago, when movie studios...
Tom Cruise Secures This Sequel a Sunday Afternoon Cable Slot, Not Much Else
DIRECTOR: EDWARD ZWICK/2016
Jack Reacher is a drifter. We learned this in hi...
Taylor Blake has been hooked on film ever since she saw The Lion King in theaters at age two—initially on every stuffed Simba and Nala she could find, later on any great movie she could find. St. Louis Film Critics Association member. Follow her on Letterboxd.
