Review: Damsel
She may be a damsel, but she's certainly in no distress, at least not in the expected way. When we first meet Penelope (Mia Wasikowska),...
Review: The Seagull
An exemplary cast featuring the likes of heavyweights Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan and Elisabeth Moss. A classic theatrical war horse in...
Review: White Boy Rick
At 14 years of age, Richard Wershe Jr., aka White Boy Rick, was the FBI's youngest ever informant. Abandoned several years later, Rick...
Review: The Children Act
When we first meet Judge Fiona May (Emma Thompson), she is perched behind the bench of her London courtroom and delivering her judgment...
Review: A Simple Favor
Think Gone Girl meets The Talented Mr. Ripley with a dash of Martha Stewart on top of which is ladled the irresistible trashiness of a...
Review: Bel Canto
A superb and delicately rendered adaptation of Ann Patchett's 2001 novel, Bel Canto is a lyrical expression of how love, understanding...
Review: The House with a Clock in Its Walls
There's an intriguing story that The House with a Clock in Its Walls wishes to tell, one that's to do with the way we desperately grasp...
Review: To All the Boys I've Loved Before
"I write a letter when I have a crush so intense that I don't know what else to do," sixteen-year-old high school junior Lara Jean Covey...
Review: The Land of Steady Habits
In The Land of Steady Things, the sixth feature in 22 years from director Nicole Holofcener, a man discovers that the grass isn't always...
Review: Papillon
Even without the spectre of the acclaimed 1973 original hanging heavy like widow's weeds over it, the current version of Papillon would...
