published on Jan. 30, 2019 9pm
RIP Dick Miller, one of the last of the great character actors: you may not know the name, but you know the face from nearly 200 movies, including just about every movie Roger Corman ever made. Media obituaries will tell you his best known role was as Murray Futterman in Gremlins.
published on Jan. 25, 2019 3pm
In India, they were known as “Jaadya Aani Radya” (“Stout and Worrywart”). The Danes called them “Gøg og Gokke” (“Wacky and Pompous”). They were equally beloved in Poland as “Flip and Flap” and in Germany as “Dick und Doof” (“Chubby and Dumb”).
published on Jan. 16, 2019 5pm
A film not about war but about soldiers, and one of the best ever made on the subject.
published on Jan. 11, 2019 3pm
If you go to the movies on a regular basis, your likely reaction to the first reel of Ben is Back is likely to be déjà vu: it’s like a scene from the recent Beautiful Boy, starring Steve Carell as a father trying to deal with the seemingly terminal drug addiction of his...
published on Dec. 18, 2018 6pm
Never believe any performers when they say they’re going to retire.
published on Dec. 12, 2018 5am
Will the moviegoing public ever get sick of British royalty? It seems unlikely.
published on Dec. 11, 2018 1pm
Reviews of Swimming With Men, Maria by Callas, The Mercy, and Catcher in the Rye With Diamonds.
published on Nov. 27, 2018 5pm
Hugh Jackman look uncomfortable under the hairpiece but captures the self-confidence bordering on arrogance that blinded Gary Hart.
published on Nov. 20, 2018 6pm
Gregory Lamberson’s latest film has been gestating since 1984, when he wrote the first version of the screenplay at the age of 19.
published on Nov. 15, 2018 10pm
A first-rate cast makes a second-rate script about Alzheimer’s disease worth seeing.
