I entered a screening of The Testament of Ann Lee much the way I enter most film screenings: knowing as little as possible. Sure, I knew Amanda Seyfried stars as […]
I’ve seen The Voice of Hind Rajab categorized by some as a documentary, which it absolutely is not. But I can see why some might react to it as if […]
Set five years after the original Greenland (2020), Greenland 2: Migration continues the story of the Garrity family and how they manage to survive a planet that was decimated by […]
German conductor André de Ridder led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to accompany Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey on January 9 and 10. The film was projected on […]
Jim Jarmusch is more than a filmmaker. Jim Jarmusch is a vibe. His films, from Broken Flowers to Paterson to Only Lovers Left Alive and now Mother Father Sister Brother, […]
Ralph Fiennes is an actor who, when mentioned in a film’s top billing, all but assures I will see said film. His credits and accolades date back so far and […]
Based on a true story (and a 2017 L.A. Times column about it), director Eric Lin’s debut feature (after years of being a cinematographer), Rosemead focuses on terminally ill widow […]
Based on the popular novel by Emily Henry and directed by Brett Haley (Hearts Beat Loud, All the Bright Places), People We Meet on Vacation may seem like a cookie-cutter […]
There have been a fair number of documentaries over the years about Romanian-born storyteller, professor, activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, who died in 2016, but director Oren […]
Although director Gus Van Sant hasn’t made a feature film since 2018’s strange but endearing Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot (he also directed six of the eight […]
2025 is finally over, so it’s time to reveal my Best Narrative Films of the Year list. As always, I was able to squeeze in a couple dozen additional films […]
As I do every year, I separate documentaries into their own Best of the Year list, not because I feel they should be judged any differently than narrative films, but […]