Having raved about Won’t You Be My Neighbor, the documentary which turned me into a Fred Rogers fan at the age of fiftysomething, my first reaction upon learning about A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood was “Who needs another movie about Mr. Rogers?” Well, apparently we all do.
Sometimes you (okay, I) just need a good rom-com. For probably three quarters of the movie, Last Christmas fit the bill. And then, to my shock and dismay, it went terribly wrong and instead of me walking out feeling satisfied and humming the title song, I was annoyed and thinking, “WTF?”
Just like the rest of us, Bruce Springsteen is getting old. At 70, he is still trying to make sense of his life, make peace with his past — and make his directorial debut. Western Stars is not really a concert film, despite the fact that Springsteen performs all the songs from the new album…
I feel compelled to review #Female Pleasure because it’s so important and I worry that people will be turned off by the title, which may not accurately express the gravitas of the subject matter. Barbara Miller’s must-see documentary opens with a voiceover saying, “We are obsessed with women’s vulvas and their sexuality,” while we’re assaulted…
We almost always talk exclusively about what we see onscreen in a movie, but Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound is all about what we hear, and it will make you want to go back and watch — and listen to — your favorite films with new ears. Sound inherently takes on a background…
