Story of Friendship and Acceptance is Benign But Bland
DIRECTED BY CHRIS BUTLER/2019
A few months ago I switched to a vegetarian diet which means try...
A Man Alone, while never breaking the mold for its particular type of tale, manages to embody the form just right; a narratively tight yet decompressed Western from smack in the middle of the 1950s. The notable first of longtime star Ray Milland’s six directorial efforts, A Man Alone is a peppercorn burst amid the dwindling output of its studio, Republic Pictures.
This movie, layered and memorable, played the Directors Fortnight portion of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival before making the festival circuit that year and into 2018. Though its obscurity is unfortunate, meaning that Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts won’t appear on very many year-end Best Films lists, it is nevertheless deserving of more as one of the outstanding cinema accomplishments of the previous several years.
Mary Poppins Returns With a Marvelous, Mystical, Classical Musical
DIRECTED BY ROB MARSHALL/2018
I suspect many others will call Mary Poppins Returns “practi...
Carole Lombard’s Star Shines In Strong Pair of David O. Selznick Productions
NOTHING SACRED (1937) – DIRECTED BY WILLIAM A. WELLMAN
STREET DATE: November 13, 2...
Family, Politics, and Religion fuel this compelling film with standout performances by Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie.
Directed by: Josie Rourke/201...
You've Already Read This Review Because You've Already Seen Mortal Engines
DIRECTED BY CHRISTIAN RIVERS/2018
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I usu...