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As soon as “The Nightingale” begins, you know you are in the hands of a master filmmaker. You sense that something dire is about to occur, yet not sure where or how the threat will arrive, placing you perpetually on the edge of your...

Like a lot of American movie fans, my first exposure to the work of the great Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami came through the writings of my friend Godfrey Cheshire, a veteran critic and film programmer who's now a contributor to...

Quentin Tarantino's has once again gathered a stellar cast that shine in his ninth film. "Once Upon A Time ... in Hollywood," set in the summer of 1969 where joy, fame, culture, violence and tragedy collided.  Leonardo DiCaprio plays down...

A middle-aged white man stands on an outdoor stage, addressing an enthusiastic audience, whipping his followers into a frenzy. He says he plans to run for the Ohio state legislature, and his disparagement of Asians, blacks and other minorities...

In Rick Alverson's "Entertainment," Gregg Turkington plays a standup comedian traveling through the Mojave Desert, doing his bizarre act in small nightclubs. His cousin John (John C. Reilly) attends one of the shows, and in their awkward...

It would be a complete inaccuracy to say this movie features no talking head interviews. Because it consists of almost nothing but talking head interviews. No outside narration, no on-screen docent to provide set-up or context. And yet, “Mike...

A woman walks alone through the untamed mountains and hills of Macedonia. She says nothing to the camera as she heads to a cliffside spot with no signs -- the directions are known only to her. Our fearless leader, Hatidze, climbs higher and higher...

“I try to find a cinematic language that shifts from the male gaze to the female experience—not the female gaze because for me, as a woman, it’s not ever about the gaze, it’s about the...

Due to the new Comic-Con Museum off-site and a four-hour wait for one activation, I wasn't able to fully immerse myself in the demonstrations of video games, especially at Future Tech. But as someone who doesn't spend a lot of time playing video...

"I thought Pennyworth sounded like a trustworthy name." For decades, that’s about all the character development we needed for Alfred Pennyworth, the always-reliable butler for Bruce Wayne and Batman, memorably played by Alfred Gough in the Tim...