In the past week, @hammertonail published my review of Before I Fall along with my interview with its director, Ry Russo-Young,…
Reviews of “Logan” and “Table 19” @filmfestivaltoday
Today, at Film Festival Today, I published reviews of two new films: Logan and Table 19. Here are the links: Logan review Table 19 review…
9 @hammertonail reviews: 2 Criterion Blu-rays + Oscar Shorts + 6 Must-See Recent Features
Here are 9 recent reviews of mine for Hammer to Nail: 2 Criterion Blu-rays (Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Dekalog and Laurie Anderson’s Heart of a Dog); a piece on the…
Rodricks, Reed and DeLibero on 2017 Academy Awards Ceremony
On Monday, February 27, 2017, Linda DeLibero – Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University – and Christopher Llewellyn Reed (that’s…
In Powerful “The Salesman,” Asghar Farhadi Once Again Examines Complexities of a Marriage
The Salesman (Asghar Farhadi, 2016) Asghar Farhadi, who won a Best-Foreign-Language-Film Oscar in 2012 for A Separation, his delicate examination…
In “Get Out,” Jordan Peele Brilliantly Takes on Racism with Comedy and Horror
Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017) Comedian Jordan Peele – formerly of Key and Peele – makes his directorial debut with a film…
The Beautiful “A Cure for Wellness” Knows Not What Ails It
A Cure for Wellness (Gore Verbinski, 2017) From Gore Verbinski (director of the terrific supernatural thriller The Ring but also, alas, The Lone…
“Fist Fight” Offers Occasionally Amusing, If Banal, Entertainment
Fist Fight (Richie Keen, 2017) What story there is in Fist Fight centers around budget cuts at a smallish public high school,…
In “John Wick: Chapter 2,” Our Hitman Loses His Way in Excessive Carnage
[This review also posted on Film Festival Today.] John Wick: Chapter 2 (Chad Stahelski, 2017) The first John Wick film, released in 2014,…
“The LEGO Batman Movie” Assembles Cinematic Pleasures of the Commercial Kind
The LEGO Batman Movie (Chris McKay, 2017) I loved The LEGO Movie, and one of the great snubs of the…
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