Runtime: 2 hours, 10 minutes Rating: R Director: Luca Guadagnino Quick Impressions: Italy. The 1980s. Flies. Classical statuary. Classic music. Flies. Apricot juice. Ponds. Flies. Bicycles. Peaches. More ponds. Flies. Nosebleeds. Eggs. Stars of David. Flies. Bicycles. White shorts. Converse All Stars? Flies. Snow. Menorahs. The Talking Heads. Flies. Close …
Runtime: 1 hour, 57 minutes Rating: R Director: Craig Gillespie Quick Impressions: When our waiter at dinner asked what movie we were rushing off to see, we quickly discovered that he had never heard of I, Tonya, and, to my shock, had never heard of Tonya Harding, either. I was …
Runtime: 2 hours, 3 minutes Rating: R Director: Guillermo del Toro Quick Impressions: I envy Guillermo del Toro’s control, his discipline when crafting a cinematic fairy tale. Grand, Gothic stories that delve deep into the darker emotions of complex characters can so easily become sprawling behemoths. I think if I …
Runtime: 1 hour, 59 minutesRating: PG-13Director: Jake Kasdan Quick Impressions:If I’m ever hired to teach a film class (which seems unlikely given that I’m spectacularly unqualified), I plan to begin the course by imparting this gem of celluloid wisdom. Want to know the surefire way to guarantee your movie will …
Runtime: 1 hour, 48 minutes Rating: PG Director: Carlos Saldanha Quick Impressions: Early on, Ferdinand treats us to a metamorphically magical moment when while frolicking in the flowers, our newly enormous hero accidentally inhales a caterpillar, then sneezes out a butterfly. At that moment, I suddenly realized that I am …
Runtime: 2 hours, 32 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Rian Johnson Quick Impressions: This isn’t an ordinary movie, and I can’t possibly treat it that way. My family is a bunch of Star Wars fanatics. Don’t let the fact that we waited until Sunday morning to see the movie fool you. …
Runtime: 2 hours, 2 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Dan Gilmore Quick Impressions: Denzel Washington’s Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor didn’t concern me (because they have ten slots to work with and love to woo huge stars), but then he got a SAG nomination, too, and I realized in a …
Runtime: 1 hour, 44 minutesRating: RDirector: James Franco Quick Impressions:My first initial impression as The Disaster Artist drew to a close was, “Tommy Wiseau had a beautiful film inside of him. He just needed someone with more talent to make it, someone who knows how to make movies.” Then the …
Runtime: 1 hour, 26 minutes Rating: PG Director: Timothy Reckart Quick Impressions: We were supposed to see The Disaster Artist Thursday night. Then while my husband and I were enjoying a delicious dinner at the Brick Oven, snow started to fall (in Austin!!!). As it defied the odds and got …
Runtime: 2 hour, 14 minutes Rating: R Director: Dee Rees Quick Impressions:As I was periodically glancing over at my laptop yesterday afternoon, watching the results of the LA Film Critics Association Awards gradually trickle in, I saw they named Mary J. Blige runner-up Best Supporting Actress and thought, Well, I …
