Though no one expects a love letter to one of the nation’s worst examples of public housing, the movie We Grown Now finds good in the...

Like millions of kids, the brothers David Zellner and Nathan Zellner grew up fascinated by legends of Bigfoot, immortalized with a minute...

Transparency: I have enjoyed eating octopus, especially fresh ones in Greece and during my walk along northern Spain's Camino de...

The title Bob Marley: One Love comes with a couple of ironic points. For instance, the famous One Love song plays over end credits rather...

Ripley, 2024, with Andrew Scott getting the Caravaggio vibe in Italy. Ripley author Patricia Highsmith and Caravaggio earned their...

Setting out to break expectations, the dark comedy called LaRoy, Texas twists and turns in landscapes both bright and bleak. As writer...

A century-old Nobel Prize winning novel from Poland gets a visual twist with The Peasants as filmmakers spice up a story in a painterly...

In The Lost Daughter Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley both earned Oscar nominations playing the same character at different ages....

A documentary with an agenda, God & Country covers the genesis and growth of Christian Nationalism in the United States. Using Katherine...

Finding a fresh spin on a heavily saturated event proves a challenge even in light of recent shifts with the case of Natalee Holloway,...

Review 2024 Taste of Things While foodies may fall for France’s entry into Oscar’s international film pool, hot dog fans might scratch...

NPR listeners of the “This American Life” program find something extra to appreciate in a movie whose boast as quote “based on a true...

Back in 2021 I left a theater and wrote, “If you walk into the movie Dune cold, you may find yourself lost in a hot desert,” a line that...

My initial reaction watching title nun Cabrini as she sets out to build orphanages for children in New York slums during the 1880s might...

A film focusing on a true-life do-gooder who rescued hundreds of children from Nazi terrors deserves celebration rather than criticism....

When the 2004 wine-infused movie Sideways got a best picture nomination, I started pumping up my Oscar celebration by pairing drinks with...

On the heels of making short films, writer-director Ruben Sainz adds time more than content to his 116 minute project, Magoada, or “hurt”...

Pura Vida! Costa Rica (youtube.com) A movie changed Costa Rica culture and highlights the country's joyous spirit with culture and such...

Though filmed in Hamburg, Germany’s nominee for a best international film Oscar hit home, reminding me of circumst ances I faced decades...

Switching gears from his international fame as a go-to bad guy, Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen proves a fine hero in The Promised Land. ...