Movies

July 4th marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America. Speaking as someone old enough to have personally experienced the 200th anniversary way back in 1976—talking to my children about history, I used to...

It’s the 60th edition of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a cinematic event, running from July 3-11, that combines world premieres from across Eastern Europe, with festival highlights from Sundance, Berlinale, and Cannes, along with rare restorations and the...

As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday in the middle of a truly divided time for the country, there will be a temptation to watch directly patriotic films as fireworks splash across the sky. The pulse of films...

Every June, Annecy, a sun-drenched lakeside town in France’s Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, becomes the world capital of animation, hosting a festival that has grown in prestige over its six-decade existence. It is with that spirit in mind that CITIA, the...

It can often be a blessing and a curse when a series gets a two-season order. Yes, it’s nice to give creators a vote of confidence to extend their storytelling across multiple seasons. On the other hand, it sometimes...

In 1995, six years before she was introduced to the world in the 2001 film “Legally Blonde,” Elle Woods was a high school student suddenly thrust out of her sunny Beverly Hills comfort zone into the overcast, extremely flannel...

10 NEW TO NETFLIX“Andre is an Idiot““Another Round““Color Book““Drinking Buddies““Lawrence of Arabia““Poor Things““Side Effects““Song Sung Blue““Ticket to Paradise““Under the Silver Lake“12 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD“Audition” (Arrow)It’s hard to pick a favorite film from someone as prolific as Takashi Miike (he’s...

The boom of superhero television shows that began to dominate the genre at the beginning of the 2020s has thankfully receded. It’s not to say that there isn’t value in the superhero genre expanding to a different medium, but...

At any given moment, the movie I’m most looking forward to seeing simply doesn’t exist because no one financed it. Right now, it’s the new movie by Amanda Wilder. We are more than 10 years away from “Approaching The...