Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen
The TRADITION of cinematic adaptation
Movies
Living
Excellence in Kurosawa’s shadow
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
He’s back! (Not that he’s been anywhere)
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Open wide…wider… and yawn
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Shameless, soulless, schlocky sequel
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Shrek spinoff sequel lands on its feet
A Man Called Otto
Wonderful tale Americanized to death
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The title is its own mini-review.
Magic Mike’s Last Dance
You promise?
The Fablemans
Definitive coming-of-auteur tale.
Empire of Light
A moving motion picture
Shotgun Wedding
Just shoot me
Three Thousand Years of Longing
A story about storytelling
Triangle of Sadness
How to fool Cannes jurors
Worth
Calculating the incalculable
Bones and All
The cannibal run
Babylon
Exuberant excess
Mass
Solace amid atrocity
The Northman
Game of Conan the Viking Thrones
The Pale Blue Eye
Melancholy, misleading murder mystery
Dream Horse
Winning warmth
Flag Day
Bring your daughter to work day
Avatar: The Way of Water
Whale worth the wait
Never Goin’ Back
If Cheech and Chong were girls, and 16
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Guillermo del Toro’s more detailed, darker and more sinister take on Pinocchio
One Way
Heroism on the road to hell
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
You’re going to have to like cats
Mad God
Primordial horrors of a fertile mind
Silent Night
Empty apocalyptic box
The Menu
Food porn doesn’t even begin…
Where the Crawdads Sing
Slightly soggy swamp soap
Don’t Worry Darling
Wait, what?
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
An interlude playing blockbuster dress-up
Dating Amber
Emancipation through friendship
Tickets to Paradise
Charming fluff
Amsterdam
Facile, frenetic, anti-fascist flop