A Simple Favor (Sept 15)

A Simple Favor‘s kaleidoscopic aesthetic of dark humor, passive aggression, and gorgeous outfits might put it in my top five … More

Papillon (Aug 28)

The Papillon remake is basically the emotional sibling of The Martian and World War Z set in French Guiana, but … More

If you can set aside all of the troubling connections, willful acts of ignorance, and the tremendous level of violence and … More

I thought it was going to be a 4 but it was at least a 5. I know I’m getting … More

Don’t Worry‘s a dark comedy that at times cleaves too close to the standard “this is a thing that happened” … More

Living proof that catastrophes happen on a small scale too. This modest Western comedy probably didn’t set out to hurt … More

Breath is a virtually unmarketable coming-of-age film about two young teenage boys from Australia. Its first act is a fairly … More

We saw Beast at Menlo Park’s Guild Theater. It’s a beautiful single-screen movie house in a really charming part of … More

It’s been a relative drought, but now we have the behemoths of the summer, Marvel’s Avenger, Deadpool 2, and Solo … More

Saw this movie in its opening weekend. The Rachels (McAdams and Weisz) have come a long way since Red Eye … More