Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos returns to making completely weird movies with Kinds of Kindness—which is perhaps his most bizarre movie yet, and this is the guy who made The Lobster and…
Tag: film
Social satire: Channing Tatum gets a great showcase in the uneven but compelling film ‘Blink Twice’
Zoë Kravitz makes a watchable—and appropriately unpleasant—directorial debut with Blink Twice, a caustic and vicious social satire that gives Channing Tatum a massive showcase. The movie doesn’t completely hold together and unravels…
Lights, camera, opportunity! The Cordillera International Film Festival brings the world to Reno—and springboards local filmmakers’ careers
The Cordillera International Film Festival, in its seventh year, not only sets the stage for filmmakers from 83 countries to screen their feature and short films; it also opens doors for local…
Fast and furious: Filmmakers will compete as they make finished shorts in just two days
On Friday, Aug. 23, the insanity begins: Film teams in Reno will race to write, shoot and edit the best short film—all within 48 hours, as part of the 48 Hour Film…
Serially scary: ‘Longlegs’ is a great-looking, disturbing horror film that lives up to the hype
There has been a lot of press about Longlegs, the latest Nicolas Cage vehicle, saying it is the scariest movie of the year, and comparing it to Silence of Lambs. Yes, it…
More Cage, please: ‘Arcadian’ fails because its star is missing for a large part of the film
Nicolas Cage is listed as the star of Arcadian, but this alien/monster movie makes the unfortunate choice of sidelining him for a substantial chunk of its running time. This probably has to…
Dystopian drama: ‘Civil War’ is a compelling action film that feels disturbingly realistic
Writer-director Alex Garland, often a purveyor of excellent sci-fi and horror (Annihilation, Ex-Machina), drops a full-blown cinematic grenade with Civil War, a hypothetical look at an America divided during a second civil…
Sloppy comedy: Ethan Coen botches ‘Drive-Away Dolls,’ his first narrative film without his brother
If you were hoping that Ethan Coen’s first narrative film as a director without his brother, Joel, was going to be worthwhile, consider those hopes dashed. Drive-Away Dolls is a rushed, sloppy…
Any film but this: ‘Anyone but You’ is a romcom with no chemistry and no surprises
I didn’t feel a sense of urgency to see Anyone but You during its theatrical run. When it became available to purchase via streamers, I figured what the heck—maybe I’m in the…
Murderous marriage: Donald Glover’s ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ series has more grit and depth than the film
Donald Glover follows up his excellent series Atlanta with a new riff on Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the 2005 Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie movie that depicted them as assassins who must try to…