On occasion, a filmmaker takes great pleasure in shining a light on historical figures so overlooked that they barely cling to the margins of history. From birth to death, it takes four actresses to play the part of the first female shrink. Her brushes with greatness — women's rights activist …
Call me downturned crabby, but I can’t bear 90% of the current spate of British costumers. Restless leg syndrome began tapping out an SOS just moments after the condescendingly- captioned photoplay credits hit the screen. Pictures of fancied up actors reciting Jane Austen’s prose, lit by a team of Allied …
A plain girl seeks love. Directed by Jason Paul Laxamana. In Tagalog and English.
Liam Neeson narrates this "journey through the new era of human evolution, where our hearts and minds are inspired by the wonders of nature."
This week’s dollop of Oscar-bait is a well intentioned account of the marriage and subsequent incarceration of an interracial couple in 1958 that led to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn state laws prohibiting mixed marriage. With the fact-based outcome predetermined, it’s up to the storyteller to make the journey …
This film plays as part of the San Diego Latino Film Festival. According to the festival brochure, "Lupe, an aging Mexican migrant, has spent his entire life working in the California fields, separated from his family back home. One morning, Lupe, a melancholy alcoholic, realizes that life has passed him …
This film plays as part of the San Diego Latino Film Festival's Cine Gay Showcase. According to the festival brochure, "Antonio Serrano (Sexo, Pudor, y Lágrimas) directs an all-star cast including Miguel Rodarte, Cecilia Suárez, Ana de la Reguera, and Aislinn Derbez in this uproarious comedy about a bad boy …
Maggie’s (Greta Gerwig) plan is to get the man (Ethan Hawke) who left his wife for her to go back to said wife (Julianne Moore). Also starring Maya Rudolph and New York City. Adapted and directed by Rebecca Miller (The Ballad of Jack and Rose).
The title is about one-seventh right: Denzel Washington, from the moment his black-clad form rides into view over a golden ridge, is pretty gosh-darn magnificent as Chisolm, a wide-ranging lawman possessed of a carefully cultivated calm, a deadly eye, and a crazy-quick draw. Unfortunately for Antoine Fuqua’s remake of the …
Dileesh Pothan directs this comedy-drama about a wedding/funeral photographer. In Malayalam.
Chandra Sekhar Yeleti directs and cowrites this tale of a supermarket assistant manager. There's more to it than that, but that's definitely part of it. In Telugu.
Some films you watch to escape from the frequently painful and/or difficult reality of life. Pacific Rim, perhaps. Some films you watch to impose a satisfactory narrative onto the seemingly random chaos of life. Casablanca, maybe. And some films you watch to enter more deeply into life — the difficulty, …