For those with a distant relationship to autism—they aren't raising a child diagnosed with it, they don't work in a capacity to serve someone with it—the condition can be a mysterious one. So much misinformation has swirled through media and popular culture over the years that it can be confusing to ...
2020 [in films]
For reasons that are probably obvious, I watched more films in 2020 than in any year since I've been keeping track (which is nearly a decade now!). I typically barely break 200 films in twelve months (if that), what with things like work and a social life keeping me from spending days on end with ...
Review: Promising Young Woman
This time last year, I was writing about the film that ultimately landed at the top of my Best Films of 2019 list: Greta Gerwig's Little Women. In Gerwig's capable hands, Louisa May Alcott's all-American story of the March sisters growing up in the shadow of the Civil War became a sort of feminist ...
Review: Soul
It's fair to say that the cinema experience is richer, more impressive, more memorable when it takes place in an actual movie theater (as opposed to from one's couch), something I've missed sorely this last year. That pang of longing hit me quite sharply as the credits rolled on Soul, Pixar's latest ...
Review: Collective
America's healthcare system is far from anyone's gold standard, and far too many people can't get the care they need or can't afford it when they can. As disheartening as it all is, it somehow pales in comparison to the massive corruption, mismanagement and malpractice discovered in Romania's ...
Review: The Planters
A film with a distinctive sense of style, humor and fun, The Planters marks the confident and highly-watchable feature directorial debut of collaborators Alexandra Kotcheff and Hannah Leder. The duo also co-wrote the script and co-star in this brief but enjoyable dark comedy about friendship ...
Review: Rebecca
That anyone would consider making a new film version of a noir novel already masterfully adapted by none other than Alfred Hitchcock is in itself the definition of hubris. Why bother? The answer, of course, is because art is—by its own definition—open to interpretation. And so, filmmaker Ben ...
Review: The 40-Year-Old Version
One of the great things about Netflix snapping up some of the best films of the year is how easily the platform can make an incredible film available to millions. One of the worst things about it is that with a seemingly never-ending list of options in your queue, it's all too easy to miss truly ...
Review: Time
There's no shortage of true crime documentaries on streaming services lately, films and mini-series that chronicle the ins and outs of murders and heists and frauds that audiences eat up like candy. So focused on the salacious details of the crime they chronicle, rarely do these projects shift their ...
Review: Dick Johnson is Dead
With more than 50 credits to her name (according to IMDb), cinematographer Kirsten Johnson has made a career of observing the world around her and capturing it for us to absorb in all its beauty, chaos, turmoil and tranquility. Her work as director is a much shorter list, but ...
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