Tag: november 2019
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‘Fuego’ Lives Up to Its Title
Isabel Sarli has genuine star power.
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‘Mommie Dearest’ is Excruciating to Watch
Faye Dunaway is like a vacuum in ‘Mommie Dearest’: loud and prone to engulfing everything around her.
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On ‘The Honeymoon Killers’
‘The Honeymoon Killers’ was Kastle’s first movie. It was also his last.
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‘Postcards from the Edge’ Has an Unforgettable Mother-Daughter Pair in Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine
The film is imperfect and in ways that should be debilitating. But the writing and the performances cushion the blows.
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‘A Touch of Class’ Feels Like Two Movies
‘A Touch of Class’ could be a nice subversion of old tropes with a biting twist. But instead it’s an update on old tropes with a contrived twist.
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In ‘Parasite,’ the Laughs Cost You
On Bong Joon-ho’s immediate classic.
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On ‘Crash’
You watch it astonished that Cronenberg not only dared to make it but dared to make it with such artful dedication.
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‘The Lighthouse’ and ‘The Laundromat,’ Reviewed
A look at the latest efforts from Robert Eggers and Steven Soderbergh.
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On ‘Wanda’
On Barbara Loden’s sole feature-length project.
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It Would Almost Be Impolite Not to Be Enchanted by ‘A Matter of Life and Death’
On Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1946 masterpiece.
Peterson Reviews 