Runtime: 2 hours, 10 minutesRating: RDirector: Paul Thomas Anderson Quick Impressions:What unusually fantastic Oscar nominees we got this year! After taking a two year break from reviews when my son was born, I would have been glad to come back to anything. But anybody should be glad for a year …
Sally HawkinsAge: 41Film: The Shape of WaterRole: Elisa Esposito, a mute cleaning lady working at a top secret laboratory in the 1960s who lives her life by the clock until she shares a boiled egg with a test subject, falls in love with him, and helps him to escape from …
Runtime: 1 hour, 56 minutesRating: PG-13Director: Steven Spielberg Quick Impressions:My newly-nine-year-old daughter loves to feel inspired by powerful women. When Hillary Clinton did not become the first female President of the United States, she was crushed. And the moment she saw the first theatrical trailer for The Post, she was …
Runtime: 2 hours, 12 minutes Rating: R Director: Ridley Scott Quick Impressions: What a story! Am I referring to the true story the film tells of the kidnapping of Paul Getty, the behind-the-scenes madness of replacing Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer at the eleventh hour, or the lengths we had …
Runtime: 1 hour, 44 minutesRating: PGDirector: Paul King Quick Impressions:I’ve been a big fan of Paddington since my aunt gave me a hardback collection of his adventures for my fifth birthday. As a child, I was partial to “Paddington and the Christmas Play.” At random moments throughout my childhood, my …
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 …
