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This is a small, highly satisfying film that soars with heart and verve. It is an absolute comic hybrid of John Hughes and Billy Wilder.
READ MORESince that almost-didn’t-happen debut, “Saturday Night Live” has received 84 Primetime Emmy Awards, six Writers Guild of America Awards, and three Peabody Awards.
READ MORENo matter how you see this depressive, dispassionate film, one thing is clear: The man projected within it was produced to be narcissistic, driven by power-lust and full of impulsive rage.
READ MOREWith electricity and surprise, the film’s final words “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!” carry startling charge and emotion akin to the original “Rocky.”
READ MOREWhile Cameron Crowe's feature film debut was 1989's “Say Anything,” this documentary about the making of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' album “Long After Dark" was actually his first foray as a director. It aired once on MTV in 1983. Then it got “lost.” Now resurrected, the original 16mm reels have been re-mastered and re-released.
READ MOREThe torments of addiction and alcoholism are minutely handled in “The Outrun." The film is more spiritually truthful than “Leaving Las Vegas” precisely because not an ounce of added drama is added to this searing yet beautiful narrative.
READ MOREFew films capture the female adolescent experience so well—it illustrates such economy in style and such empathy for victims of bullying that the film is simply a masterpiece forty-six years later.
READ MORE“A Different Man" has the tone of a Twilight Zone episode, blended with a Woody Allen sensibility, anchored by fine performances which keep it firmly in bounds without straying into incredulity.
READ MOREFleck is shy but compelled. Lee’s eyes are big and piercing. She set her father’s house on fire. Fleck shot a talk show host on live television. Two kindred spirits.
READ MOREAlthough “Joker” was supposed to be a standalone film, both Phoenix and Phillips expressed interest in making a follow-up. The result is a movie that combines “music, dance, drama, courtroom drama, comedy, happiness and sadness and a traditional love story.”
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