At one point during Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen’s documentary The Alpinist, the filmmakers remark that it was terrifying filming mountain climber Marc-Andre Leclerc do his adventurous thing. I can say the feeling of watching is mutual. Full of vertical … Continue reading Review: ‘The Alpinist’
Masculinity, the idea of honorable fatherhood, and the gentle art of drinking until your body is immune to the punches taken (and given) at the neighborhood bar seem to be the overriding theme in John Pollono’s Small Engine Repair. They’re … Continue reading Review: ‘Small Engine Repair’
Camila Cabello stars in a modern musical adaptation of the fairytale, directed by Kay Cannon. Adapting a legendary fairytale that dates back more than two millenium, writer/director Kay Cannon sets her version of the story in a European historical period … Continue reading Review: ‘Cinderella,’ Where Musical Dreams Come True
Simu Liu, Awkwafina and Tony Chiu-Wai Leung star in an action-adventure, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. The best Marvel movie yet, Shang Chi and the Ten Rings is a grand Chinese adventure, coming from an unexpected source: director Destin Daniel … Continue reading Review: ‘Shang Chi and the Ten Rings’
The animated Marvel series debuts on the Disney Plus streaming service. Where does the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe lie as it enters its fourth phase? The answer may be found in the Marvel Streaming Universe. The first three … Continue reading Review: ‘What If…?”‘ Strongly Suggests ‘Why Not?’
I can imagine French filmmaker Leos Carax has wanted to make a musical for decades now. Just picture the exuberance captured in the single take of Denis Lavant writhing down the street to David Bowie’s “Modern Love” in the 1986 … Continue reading Review: ‘Annette’
