Part of the timeless brilliance of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus,” is how all the fame goes to its monster. Hollywood has, of course, contributed to this aspect of…
When “The Black Phone” premiered in 2022 and became a hit for Blumhouse Productions, studio executives no doubt wanted a sequel, but the story posed a classic dilemma. Its memorable villain, played with…
You have to try and smile a little in our current phase of capitalism. Surely, there must be some light at the end of the gig economy tunnel. Aziz Ansari certainly hopes so…
Art can be a matter of both survival and resistance. That understanding gives a timeless relevance to the “Kiss of the Spider Woman” novel by Argentine author Manuel Puig, who published it in…
When frustrated by lack of money some individuals will make dangerously life-changing choices. In the late ‘90s, Jeffrey Manchester robbed dozens of McDonald’s, initiating an odyssey that would find him incarcerated, planning and…
You can have magnificent ingredients in a film but the story must always be there. Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt” is undoubtedly well crafted with an expert filmmaker at the helm and…
In a movie like “Tron: Ares” the sound, music and lights make the ride. Watch this mega Disney production in 3D on an IMAX screen and it’s an immersive popcorn entertainment. Watch…
There is a comfortable casualness in the way Ronan Day-Lewis describes finding the plot for his feature debut, “Anemone.” No doubt this is because he wrote the screenplay with his father, the…