The classics can be interpreted in so many different ways. You can keep them set in their original eras or update the story for the present. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s sophomore directorial effort, “The…
The cinema of Mexican auteur Michel Franco can either go down as a depressing experience or as bold storytelling, depending on the viewer. There are no safe storytelling avenues in his films, and…
After controversial changes in cast and switching directors, “Scream 7” arrives with hopes of convincing fans that there is still some life left in this franchise. This year marks three decades since…
Baz Luhrmann’s rapturous “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” brings Elvis Presley the entertainer into stark clarity. Behind all of the famous, debauched, opulent and ultimately tragic stories, there was always this raw…
The plot of “How to Make a Killing” has the makings of a vicious dark comedy. In its subtext is the stuff of tragic greed and desperation. What it poses is quite…
Handsome faces. Fast cars. Streets in a neon glow. “Crime 101” opens looking like a classic Los Angeles heist movie, with the camera floating over the city’s famous freeways while the hypnotic…
The machines have taken over. Even before the rise of AI, we were already locked into our phones and other digital gadgets. Director Gore Verbinski tries to resist with “Good Luck, Have…
Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” sighs and gasps under the impression that you need to pump up the visual volume to make 19th century literature exciting. There is undeniably something quite direct, even…