A Good Person The phrase “hurt people hurt people” is often used in discussions about empathy and forgiveness. It means that patterns will keep recurring unless you know why they happen and make changes to stop them from happening again. However, another truth is that sometimes only people who are hurting can help other people […]
Brats I’ve seen so many documentaries that are basically hagiographic clip reels that in the case of Hulu’s “Brats” I kind of just presumed this would be, too a love letter to the young stars of the ‘80s, the actors and actresses who shaped pop culture in the middle of that decade in ways that
John Wick: Chapter 4 Welcome back, Mr. Wick. After four years and a two year delay, “John Wick: Chapter 4” has finally hit theaters and yes, it was worth the wait. Chad Stahelski returns to direct his fifth film in the series (including an “uncredited” assist on “Chapter 2”), with Keanu Reeves reprising his role
Killers of the Flower Moon “Can you see the wolves in this picture,” says Ernest Burkhardt (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) as he flips through a children’s book at the start of Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.” They’re not really hidden and they won’t be in the movie that follows, an immaculately researched historical
The Zone of Interest I still can’t get over “The Zone of Interest,” seven months ago. I saw Jonathan Glazer’s film about the Holocaust in May, and it just wouldn’t sit right with me I couldn’t put my finger on why. This is an event that has been explored in countless films Alain Resnais’ “Night
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 He loves his outcasts does James Gunn. What has been most exciting about his “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies is the way they show a struggle between Gunn’s instincts as an outsider and an inside-the-Beltway franchise factory that is second to none. He’s among a small handful of filmmakers
No Hard Feelings The R-rated studio comedy is a rare sight in theaters these days, particularly in the streaming era. Adult comedies only seem to come from Universal Pictures these days, either genre-bending (“Cocaine Bear,” “Renfield”), mixing kid concepts with a mature twist (the upcoming “Strays”) or banking on a comedian close to Judd Apatow
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse My esteemed co-worker Christy Lemire started her review of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” with a quote from her nine-year-old asking if he could see it again, so I’m going to do something similar and begin this one with a quote from my nine-year-old: “That may be the best movie I’ve ever
The Substance At this point in the Cannes film festival, half of the competition movies have already premiered which means that it’s time for a certain kind of audience participation. If you’ve subjected viewers to six days of some of the most punishing cinema on earth, and then suddenly give them a stylishly funny (but
The Flash Among the most stunning and aggravating checklists of the superhero blockbuster era, “The Flash” is simultaneously thoughtful and clueless, challenging and pandering. It has some of the best digital FX work I’ve seen, and some of the worst. Like its sincere but often hapless hero, it keeps exceeding every expectation we might have
