Review: Polar
A hit man with fourteen days to go before retirement. What could possibly go wrong? Pretty much everything as it turns out in Polar,...
Review: At Eternity's Gate
Focusing on the troubled painter's final years in the South of France, At Eternity's Gate is no conventional biopic of Vincent Van Gogh....
Review: Velvet Buzzsaw
The art world, with all its pretensions and affectations, is a fairly easy target for mockery. Velvet Buzzsaw, which re-teams...
Review: Mary, Queen of Scots
That Mary, Queen of Scots is handsomely mounted and excellently acted is not in doubt. It is sexy and spirited in parts, thrilling and...
Review: Blindspotting
In the famous black-and-white "Rubin's Vase" drawing, the image can either be perceived by one's brain as a vase or two faces in profile,...
Review: Serenity
Like most noirs, neo or otherwise, Serenity belongs to its women. And what a pair. There's Anne Hathaway, blonde and scarlet-lipped,...
Review: A Private War
Marie Colvin was a woman who lived dangerously. A famed foreign war correspondent for The Sunday Times, she reported from the frontlines...
Review: If Beale Street Could Talk
"Unbow your head," one character says early on in If Beale Street Could Talk, the statement serving as a rallying cry for Barry Jenkins'...
Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Lee Israel isn't exactly pleasant company, so it's a testament to not only Melissa McCarthy but her partners-in-crime, actor Richard E....
Review: The Upside
Based on the hugely popular 2011 French film, The Intouchables, itself inspired by the true story of businessman Philippe Pozzo di Borgo...
