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Rare is the vampire film that finds sympathy for all the characters involved. Most filmmakers tackling frighteners are content to portray vampires as little more than seething fiends, but not [...]

The late playwright Wendy Wasserstein said that the mistake women made moving into CEO roles is that they imitated men. Rather than rely on their own personalities and instincts, too many tried [...]

There’s nothing wrong with Bond or Bourne, but the stakes in those spy franchises are always artificial as you know the hero is never going to die. That’s not true in THE COURIER. Unless you know [...]

In the new film THE FATHER, now in theaters and premiering on VOD March 26, Florian Zeller has made an auspicious film debut by adapting his award-winning play for the screen. The Frenchman is [...]

Christopher Plummer, the legendary actor of stage, screen, and television, died February 5 at the age of 91. He did so many big roles and so many notable films in his last two decades that it [...]

Just how you respond to MALCOLM & MARIE, the new drama from filmmaker Sam Levinson might depend upon how comfortable you are seeing lovers argue onscreen for two hours. To anyone who’s [...]

Sometimes a film sneaks up on you, unspooling its story slowly and steadily, finding the drama in actions not taken versus those that are, finding the revelations in words unspoken versus those [...]

Hello friends and followers, This week was a milestone for more than a few reasons. A new president was inaugurated in the United States. America rejoined the World Health Organization and the [...]

It’s funny to say, but the pandemic may have actually helped the new dark comedy PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN. Originally scheduled to be released on April 17, it had to be pulled due to the theater [...]

The late, great playwright August Wilson wrote ten plays about the black experience in America known as The Century Cycle and it’s wonderful to see screen adaptations of his work now being [...]