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‘Book Club: The Next Chapter’: This Jane Fonda Film Is a Cinematic Joy
As a sequel to the popular 2018 comedy about four middle-aged women in Los Angeles who keep their friendship alive by meeting once a month to drink gallons of wine and discuss a book they’ve just...
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‘L’immensità’: An Extraordinary and Unforgettable Coming Of Age Drama
Nineteen-seventies Rome was a time and city of transition, new architecture and art to replace the ugly, cold and impersonal monolithic existence created by Mussolini—a perfect metaphor for the...
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‘Mercy’: Another Piece of Junk in the Current Parade of Forgettable Movies
In the chaos of the post-pandemic movie world, with the writer’s strike, the closed Hollywood gates, and the postponed releases piling up in studio vaults and on editing-room shelves, a plethora of...
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‘The Mother’ Is a Generic Bloodbath Glaringly Devoid of Originality
They said she was a flash in the pan. That was 25 years ago, and Jennifer Lopez is still running in place. Most of her movies are one and the same, but some of them are surprisingly entertaining. The...
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‘Unidentified Objects’: A Perversely Appealing Road Trip
Endlessly searching for something that smacks of a trace of originality and almost never finding anything that even remotely applies, it’s always a joy to come across a fresh idea. Such an occasion is...
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‘The Boogeyman’: The Only Thing Scary Is How Bad This Movie Is
The Boogeyman, a pointless, misguided and totally incomprehensible waste of time, is yet another horror film that exists for the sole purpose of exploiting the endless desk-drawer doodlings of writer...
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‘The Days Of Wine and Roses’ Review: Love On The Rocks, With An Iffy Musical...
The Days of Wine and Roses | 1hr 40mins. No intermission. | Atlantic Theater Company Linda Gross Theater | 336 W 20th St | 646.989.7996 It’s back . . . The Days of Wine and Roses, the most brutally...
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‘The Doctor’: Nearly Three Hours Socio-Political Debate And One Titanic...
The Doctor | 2hrs 45mins. One intermission. | Park Avenue Armory | 643 Park Ave | (212) 616-3930 The death of Glenda Jackson drives another nail into the coffin of England’s famously distinguished...
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‘Persian Lessons’ Review: A Fable — Beautifully Acted — Set In a...
Appearing without much fanfare among the bigger, flashier and more idiotic summer entries, Persian Lessons is a small German-Russian co-production I found superior to the rest of what I’ve been...
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‘Loren & Rose’ Review: Jacqueline Bisset Stuns As An Actress Confronting Her...
Beautifully acted, intelligently scripted and sensitively directed, Loren & Rose showcases the undervalued, not always properly showcased talents of Jacqueline Bisset. This is a wonderful film,...
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‘Asteroid City’ Review: Whimsical, Pointless Cinematic Jabberwocky
Asteroid City is the 11th film by Wes Anderson, the preposterously overrated writer-director who churns out the kind of whimsical cinematic jabberwocky that appeals to millennial movie audiences that...
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‘Prisoner’s Daughter’ Review: A Visceral Brian Cox Performance Can’t Save...
Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, whose debut film Seventeen showed great promise, this maudlin soap opera is a disappointment, despite a strong performance by the extraordinarily gifted veteran actor...
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‘Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed’ Review: A Double Life Compellingly...
Fresh out of the Navy, a tall, good-looking fellow with broad shoulders, a square jaw and a Pepsodent smile named Roy Fitzgerald decided to head for Hollywood and try his luck on the silver screen....
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‘The Flood’ Review: Cops, Criminals And Carnivores In A Bloody Good Battle
In one respect, film critics are no different from anyone else. We all have individual hangups, personal preferences, and guilty pleasures. Some hate westerns, others love musicals, but we all have...
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‘The Miracle Club’ Review: Laura Linney, Kathy Bates And Maggie Smith Elevate...
Sweet and well-intentioned but bland and disappointing, The Miracle Club is one of those slow, meandering Irish dramas that inspire more respect than excitement. Set in a seaside town near Dublin in...
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‘Oppenheimer’ Review: An Unforgettable Rarity In The Swamp Of Movie Mediocrity
As summer movies go, writer-director Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is in a class by itself. American moviegoers looking for a brief escape from the heat with brainless action or forgettable fun can...
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‘The Cottage’ Review: This New Broadway Farce Is A Fiasco
Set in the summer of 1923 in a lavishly appointed cottage in the British countryside, the silly new Broadway farce called The Cottage at the Helen Hayes Theater is too vulgar, pointless and stupid to...
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‘Dreamin’ Wild’ Review: Teenage Dreams Tangle With Adult Realities in...
A fact-based film about the life-altering pain of failure, the thrill of belated success, and the challenges inherent in both, Dreamin’ Wild is a testament to a musical family who epitomize the old...
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‘Passages’ Review: Three Sensational Performances in This 4-Star Film
“Love comes in many forms, but it’s such a precious thing why not try them all?” wrote Oscar Wilde, and that’s what Passages, the brave, captivating and exemplary film by renowned writer-director Ira...
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‘Red, White and Royal Blue’ Review: Feel-Good Queer Rom-Com Is Lightweight...
A feel-good fairy tale that collapses under the weight of its own silliness, Red, White and Royal Blue is a gay rom-com that dazzles visually but defies all attempts at anything resembling...
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