
Ben’s Column: Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021) – Review
A tricky biography of one of America’s most singular voices.
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A tricky biography of one of America’s most singular voices.
The thinking man’s MCU film.
A masterful exploration of memory and grief.
An explosive new western with enough style to make up for a middling script.
One of the best movies of the year, which never forgets to put the characters’ difficult emotions first.
The rare independent animated film that wears its influences on its sleeves.
A beautiful film that avoids easy narrative answers in exchange for emotional honesty about the creative process.
An interview with writer/director Anna Baumgarten on her debut feature.
A mostly conventional biopic that seeks to redeem its main subject, featuring one of the year’s best performances.
While the film invites direct comparisons to Sound of Metal, Mogul Mowgli has different ambitions on its mind.
A dynamic central performance and a solid directorial effort makes Anne at 13,000 Ft. a film that’s not to be missed.
A solid entry to the beginning of a new era for Marvel
Heder’s script has a few plot hurdles that keep it from greatness, but her heart is in the right place, and the film represents a promising step forward for her and Emilia Jones.
Nine Days is a refreshingly unique film that announces Oda as an exciting voice with important things to say. The film could have easily slid into familiar sci-fi territory, devoting less time to the more existential issues and more time on structural bureaucracy.
If you’ve seen The African Queen, or Indiana Jones, or Pirates of the Caribbean, or The Lost City of Z, that seems like as safe a place as any to start when discussing Disney’s latest live-action adventure. Because Jungle Cruise feels largely indebted to all of those films, and pulls elements from each one, but still struggles to stand on its own.