Action/Adventure Rated PG
“The African Queen enjoys a good reputation – Bogart took home an Oscar – but it strikes me as a classic folly.”
Drama Rated R
“…though the movie may not be a masterpiece, to write it off as more of the same would be a miscalculation, as well.”
Drama Rated PG-13
“Quilt is flawed only in its lack of thematic focus, for every other aspect of the production is first-rate.”
Family Rated PG
“The usual pleasures are all here – meta winks, an absurd sense of logic, lots of felt – but the puppeteers seemed especially intent on giving themselves logistical challenges this time around.”
Musical Rated NR
“…its defining trait is insistence.”
“…the sense of intimacy and urgency that was so palpable in the earlier films is lessened here.”
“…a bittersweet celebration of romantic frisson – the notion that our most precious moments of connection are often the fleeting ones.”
Drama Rated NR
“…caters to the Gerwig persona while also sanding off the edges of Baumbach’s usual bitterness.”
“Has self-flagellation ever been this elegant?”
Documentary Rated NR
“If you get into the rhythm of Leviathan, the experience can be at turns transcendent and overwhelming.”