Film
Film: Life After Beth
Filmmaker Jeff Baena, whose work includes quirky indies The Little Hours and Horse Girl, makes intriguing, entertaining films, so…
May 7, 2020-
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FilmFilm: The Little Hours
In retrospect, I shouldn’t be surprised by how much I enjoyed The Little Hours (2017), a ribald medieval comedy…
March 17, 2019 -
Film, Science FictionFilm: The Lobster
The peculiar, disturbing sensibility of Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, in his provocative films Dogtooth and Alps, left me very…
December 12, 2016 -
Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Film, Science FictionFilm: Wreck-It Ralph
What a pleasant surprise to discover Wreck-It Ralph (2012), an animated gem that leverages decades of video game lore…
February 23, 2015 -
Comedy, FilmFilm: Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids (2011) lured me with its cast and its setting: Iowa, my former stomping grounds. It’s an agreeable…
February 23, 2011