Atlanta Film Critics Circle (AFCC) names NOMADLAND the year’s best film
The year’s best film wins our top prize, can’t beat that!
Category: Film
You’ve seen a dozen better versions of THE LITTLE THINGS
The new Denzel Washington starring crime thriller is so overly familiar you may think you’ve seen it before, quite a few times in fact.
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI works in spite of some limitations
Regina King makes her directorial debut in solidly entertaining, if not always spectacular, fashion in ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN: Rom Com, Dark Thriller, Superhero Flick?
We need a word for when something plays out in a way that makes perfect sense and somehow still manages to be surprising at the same time. And if that word existed, it would be the perfect adjective to describe Promising Young Woman.
WONDER WOMAN 1984 proves that wishes have a cost
The moment a youthful Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) appeared in promos for Wonder Woman 1984, a sequel to the World War I era Wonder Woman, it was clear there’d be some kind of gimmick involved. But really, who cares? The chemistry between the two was great in the first film, and superhero films are rarely planted in realism. It turns out that gimmick is wish fulfillment – and the unexpected price you pay for that wish coming true.
I couldn’t think of a more apt metaphor for both the highs and lows of Wonder Woman 1984.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is almost mesmerizing
Chadwick Boseman’s final film, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, has arrived. How does Netflix’s adaptation of the August Wilson classic play fare?
THE INFORMANT! is the Perfect Movie for the End of the Trump Presidency
There may be no better film to explain the current implosion of the Trump movement than Steven Soderbergh’s deeply strange 2009 masterpiece, THE INFORMANT!
SOUL achieves greatness by rejecting it
Hobbies are funny things. As adults, we often come by them casually and with little sense of obligation. Maybe a friend convinces us to run a 5K with them and we find unexpected joy in running, or a quick search on Ancestry.com evolves into a years-long project to trace our …
NOMADLAND, the year’s first essential film
The great recession of 2008 was a defining moment of my own generation, and particularly for those who found themselves stepping out of college into a workforce where there simply wasn’t enough gainful employment to be had. 12 years later, the long-term effects of this have really only begun to …
MANK, dispelling the myth of Welles
David Fincher’s long-awaited new feature, MANK, stylishly centers on the largely untold story of the co-screenwriter of CITIZEN KANE
BLACK BEAR is transformative, in more ways than one
Black Bear is a memorable tug-of-war that isn’t always pleasant, but thrives thanks to a trio of stellar performances led by a remarkable Aubrey Plaza.
THE CLIMB is a hill too far
An admirable effort that attempts to skirt its narrative shortcomings through waning technical ambition
FREAKY whiffs on a great premise
The latest Blumhouse effort is a throwback to the horror comedies of yesteryear. Sadly, it can’t quite live up to its great premise.
THE WITCHES can’t conjure the original version’s charm
Another day, another “It’s fine, but the original was better” remake.
BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM is an arduous journey, but the destination is jawdropping
Borat returns, and has his sights set on the Trump administration, in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. How’s it stack up?