It may sound like an unlikely endorsement for a film, but stay with me here: The Zone of Interest will make you want to puke from discomfort and anxiety. Or at least, that's the reaction I had for most of Jonathan Glazer's 105-minute experiment in art that challenges every sense of decorum and ...
Review: ALL OF US STRANGERS
There's a magic to writer/director Andrew Haigh's All of Us Strangers, the kind that sneaks up slowly at first before becoming so powerful it's impossible to ignore its pull. A metaphysical romance and family drama centered on Adam (Andrew Scott), a screenwriter processing the enduring grief of ...
Year in Review: The Best Films of 2023
As another year draws to a close, I spent an evening enjoying one of my favorite year-end traditions: looking back at all the films I'd seen in the last twelve months (thanks, Letterboxd!) and deciding which of the more than 220 (roughly 227 this year, a massive increase from 2022's flimsy 167 ...
Review: WONKA
The first thing to know about Wonka, the latest film to revisit the Roald Dahl-created candyman and his antics, is that this version is the brainchild of co-writer and director Paul King, who also gifted us the wholesome perfection that is Paddington. The second thing to know is that as a young ...
Holiday Gift Guide 2023
My family and I have reached that point where gift giving becomes more of a chore than a joy. All the kids are growing up (or grown), many of us have our own traditions at home before gathering for the holiday, and frankly, we are blessed enough in our day-to-day lives to have everything we need or ...