From Sundance, Grand Jury-prize-winning Nigerian-American film director Chinonye Chukwu (“Clemency”) comes “TILL,” an examination of the experiences of Emmet Till’s mother in the aftermath of her son’s death by lynching in 1955. Starring Danielle Deadwyler (“Station Eleven,” “The Harder They Fall”) as Mamie Till-Mobley and Jalyn Hall (“Space Jam: A New Legacy”) as Emmett Till, […]
Tom McCarthy’s latest film “Stillwater” is deceptively unique and layered, which is to be expected from the filmmaker who brought us “Spotlight” and “Win Win.” While the advertising suggests some Liam Neeson/Taken-esque thriller, “Stillwater” is a gripping, cerebral drama camouflaged for the Bourne fans. McCarthy and company have crafted a screenplay that takes a fascinating
This is a captivating murder mystery that takes place in a small town in Australia, and when childhood friend of the accused killer of his family and himself, Luke, Aaron (Bana) is asked by Luke’s father to attend the funeral, he goes. Aaron is currently a police detective in another city; he and his father had
Whatever “Mean Creek” director Jacob Estes was going for with “Don’t Let Go”, an experiment in “Memento” type writing structure, or a modern update of “Frequency”, it’s a spectacular failure. “Don’t Let Go’s” foundation of a cop talking with his dead niece on a cell phone to solve her murder, isn’t promising. “Don’t Let Go”
“Lizzie Borden took an ax. And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done. She gave her father forty-one.” It’s a catchy rhyme that has kept the folklore of Lizzie Borden alive in pop culture for over 100 years. However, few know the real story of Lizzie Borden. She was acquitted
I’m tempted to copy and paste everything I wrote about the last Purge film onto this review, as it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish between them. Despite its status as a prequel, “The First Purge” offers very little we haven’t seen before. The controversial franchise is basically a cinematic encouragement of violence as it pits
You might wish you never really watched Lynne Ramsey’s latest film You Were Never Really Here. Her first film since Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), she has a thing for long titles. My first reaction to this film, which debuted unfinished at Cannes in 2017 to standing ovations, was one of annoyance. For the
I was just thinking the other day, you know what we really need, a sequel to that forgettable 2008 horror film starring Scott Speedman and Liv Tyler. The Strangers: Prey at Night has a new cast, director, and filmmakers. This sequel (feels more like a reboot) is about as hollow a film as you might
Director Kenneth Branagh (“Thor”) has procured the leading role of famous literary inspector Hercule Poirot for himself. A former television film, based on Agatha Christie’s most popular mystery novel, “Murder on the Orient Express” gets the big screen treatment with a cast as long as the train. There are ensembles where the cast works as
Here is a good reason why only the Coen Brothers should be directing their scripts. George Clooney’s first time directing a film without playing an acting role, might hint at his disinterest in the material. If you know anything about Coen Brothers films, it’s their genius toying with underlining comedy. “Suburbicon” has all the right