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This may very well be the shortest review I’ve ever written for a film that I think is going to be one of the most talked about and honored films of 2025. I don’t want to say too much, and I fear [...]

Actress Britt Lower has made a name for herself as one of our more compelling actresses and it’s amazing how much she does with her reactions on screen. The use of her eyes, her body language, [...]

Rare is the television series that hits a high-water mark in its seventh season, but that may be true for the newest efforts from the British sci-fi series BLACK MIRROR. It just debuted on [...]

Which head will roll? That seems to be the hook for so many viewers, let alone critics and journalists, of the darkly comic HBO series THE WHITE LOTUS. Created, written, and directed by Mike [...]

I’m not overstating matters by telling you that the new, four-part Netflix miniseries ADOLESCENCE not only advances the art of filmed storytelling, but it shrewdly indicts bro culture, unchecked [...]

Who doesn’t love a good spy thriller? From James Bond to Jason Bourne to Jack Ryan, it might be the most venerable type of genre film in show biz these days. Each year it seems more and more [...]

The late, great Bette Davis once said, “Old age ain’t no place for sissies.” THE RULE OF JENNY PEN, the new film from New Zealand filmmaker James Ashcroft proves that adage long before any [...]

I’m late to the dance on reviewing the Oscar-nominated I’M STILL HERE, but it’s easy to see why Brazil’s Best International Film nominee is also up for Best Picture. Its true story about a [...]

Truly, it belongs there. That’s how terrific this new sci-fi thriller is. My review of it is going to be one of my shortest ever as I want you to go see the movie with as few spoilers as [...]

The character of PARTHENOPE is much like the film that bears her name. Beautiful, sensual, and mysterious, also vexing and even aggravating. What does this young woman, named for a Greek siren, [...]