The Banality of Evil in Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest
The banality of evil winds its way around every scene. However, we do feel something. Tension, perhaps, mixed with boredom.
Read Moreby Patrick | Dec 7, 2023 | Best International Film, Drama, Film Reviews, Historic Events, My Favorites, New Releases, Thriller
The banality of evil winds its way around every scene. However, we do feel something. Tension, perhaps, mixed with boredom.
Read Moreby Patrick | Dec 5, 2023 | Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, Musicals, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV
Taraji P. Henson does a good Shug Avery while the astonishing Danielle Brooks shines as Sofie, a proud lady who always speaks her mind.
Read Moreby Patrick | Dec 3, 2023 | Best International Film, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, New Releases, Romance
Laughable when it should be serious, the movie has no drive. All the artistry in the world is useless if the underlying story is not up to scratch.
Read Moreby Patrick | Nov 29, 2023 | Best International Film, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, New Releases
Zahra Amir Ebrahimi is fine as the title character but her role does not have much depth. The same applies, but even more so, to the supporting cast.
Read Moreby Patrick | Nov 23, 2023 | Best International Film, Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, New Releases, Romance
The leads are just about perfect, and the film is enlivened at every turn by the director’s usual penchant for deadpan humor.
Read Moreby Patrick | Nov 22, 2023 | Action, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Genres, Historic Events, New Releases, Romance
An epic disaster of Waterloo proportions. The movie has no style and makes no sense. If you are looking for a history lesson, go elsewhere.
Read Moreby Patrick | Nov 22, 2023 | Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, Mystery, New Releases
Moore and Portman circle each other in a hypnotic dance while the standout performance in the movie is by Charles Melton as Joe, Gracie’s husband.
Read Moreby Patrick | Nov 21, 2023 | Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, Historic Events, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Romance
Leaving out vast chunks of the great conductor’s life, Cooper gives a vain impersonation of a vain man while Carey Mulligan takes the acting honors.
Read Moreby Patrick | Nov 21, 2023 | Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV
What was originally smart and biting becomes cliched and soppy. Wright, however, who never sets a foot wrong, keeps you watching.
Read Moreby Patrick | Nov 18, 2023 | Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, Historic Events, My Favorites, Netflix, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Thriller, TV / Streaming
Unfortunately, the movie never takes off because of a cliche-ridden screenplay despite Domingo’s great performance.
Read Moreby Patrick | Nov 6, 2023 | Drama, Fantasy, Film Reviews, Genres, Historic Events, My Favorites, Mystery, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller
The direction of Haigh in this film is exceptional, creating an enthralling atmosphere that visually amazes the audience.
Read Moreby Patrick | Nov 6, 2023 | Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, MUBI, My Favorites, Mystery, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Romance, Thriller, TV / Streaming
Walker’s film follows three teenage girls on vacation in Greece. Mia McKenna-Bruce delivers a heartbreaking performance as Tara. One of the year’s best.
Read Moreby Patrick | Nov 1, 2023 | Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, Horror, Mystery, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, Thriller
Fennell’s writing and directing are brilliantly inventive, with humor, tragedy, and horror mixing perfectly. She gets immense support from her cinematographer, Linus Sandgren, whose work here is truly breathtaking.
Read Moreby Patrick | Nov 8, 2023 | Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, Horror, Mystery, New Releases, Science Fiction, Thriller
There are too many scenes straight out of Bunuel’s famously scathing “The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie”. Gradually, you feel this movie has been stolen.
Read Moreby Patrick | Nov 10, 2023 | Action, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, Netflix, New Releases, Thriller, TV / Streaming
After a while, you look around for real assassins like Edward Fox or John Malkovich. Skip this one in the cinema. Just stream it on Netflix.
Read Moreby Patrick | Oct 26, 2023 | Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, New Releases
“The Holdovers” is such a jumble of feel-good cliches that it doesn’t have a genuine bone in its body. As for the ending, it negates everything that went before it.
Read Moreby Patrick | Oct 23, 2023 | Action, Drama, Epic, Film Reviews, Gangster, Genres, Historic Events, Mystery, New Releases, Romance, Thriller, Western
Scorsese directs all of these multiple storylines with great flair. from the broad vistas to the most minute period detail in costume and production design.
Read Moreby Patrick | Oct 21, 2023 | Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, Mystery, New Releases, Thriller
The film boasts in German actress Sandra Huller’s prime suspect, one of the cinema’s great performances.
Read Moreby Patrick | Oct 13, 2023 | Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, Historic Events, New Releases, Romance
The only part of the movie that works – and gives you a look at what the movie could have been – are the opening scenes on the United States Army Base in Germany.
Read Moreby Patrick | Oct 15, 2023 | Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, Historic Events, My Favorites, Netflix, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV, TV / Streaming
Both actresses are marvelous with Foster giving her best performance in decades.
Read Moreby Patrick | Oct 29, 2023 | Apple TV+, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, New Releases, Romance, Science Fiction, TV / Streaming
The cast seems to be at a loss, with only Jessie Buckley retaining a small amount of her natural intelligence and dignity.
Read Moreby Patrick | Oct 24, 2023 | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Film Reviews, Genres, New Releases, Romance
With “She Came to Me” we have the same quirky Miller, however, although the ideas are there they never come together to form a concrete whole.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 8, 2023 | Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, Historic Events, New Releases, Road Movie
In the second hour, the movie enters a different realm due to the appearance of Jeremy Allen White and his palpable chemistry with our leading lady.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 28, 2022 | Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, New Releases, Road Movie, Under Appreciated
Doug Stanhope is “The Road Dog” in writer/director Greg Glienna’s inspired blend of the road movie and stand-up comedy..
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 29, 2023 | Comedy, Fantasy, Film Reviews, My Favorites, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Queer Film/TV
There is some good stuff here. Former N.F.L running back Marshawn Lynch gets some well-deserved laughs as the club’s faculty adviser.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 6, 2023 | Drama, Film Reviews, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Romance
The second homo tryst is the sexiest and most graphic gay moment ever captured in a mainstream film.
Read Moreby Patrick | Aug 1, 2023 | Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, New Releases, Queer Film/TV
Min, playing a dislikeable character, manages to make Ben, if not exactly likable, then certainly sympathetic. Both Sherry Cola and Debby Ryan are superb.
Read Moreby Patrick | Jul 21, 2023 | Drama, Film Reviews, Historic Events, New Releases, Thriller
In the midst of all this history and all of this chaos, Cillian Murphy gives one of the most intimate and internalized performances on film.
Read Moreby Patrick | Jul 21, 2023 | Comedy, Fantasy, Film Reviews, Genres, New Releases
Sharon Rooney is irritating. She gets more screen time than any other Barbie (after Robbie) and this reeks of WOKE. The reason is her avoirdupois.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 19, 2023 | Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, MUBI, New Releases, TV / Streaming
Adele Exarchopoulos gives a stunning performance as a flight attendant handling the grueling task of working for a low-cost carrier.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 19, 2023 | Comedy, Drama, Film Reviews, Genres, MUBI, Mystery, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Thriller, TV / Streaming
Now, after ten years in the (relative) wilderness, Saavedra and Silva (and Silva’s co-screenwriter Peirano) have returned with a delicious slice of meta.
Read Moreby Patrick | Oct 12, 2023 | Documentary, Documentary, Film Reviews, HBO Max, New Releases
Known “the first Black supermodel”, she was the first African-American model to grace the cover of Vogue – shot by photographer David Bailey – in March 1966.
Read Moreby Patrick | Oct 12, 2023 | Apple TV+, Documentary, Film Reviews, Genres, New Releases, TV / Streaming
For me, there were two glaring unanswered questions: The first is how differently Christy is treated relative to Naomi, Cindy, and Linda.
Read Moreby Patrick | Sep 29, 2023 | Action, Drama, Film Reviews, New Releases, Queer Film/TV, Shorts | Trailers | Posters, Western
As the movie proceeds, we realize this is more Saint Laurent than Almodovar. If only he trusted himself more and let the beauty come from within.
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