REVIEW: Pain and Glory (2019) dir. Pedro Almodóvar
Rightfully hailed as Spain’s finest director, Pedro Almodóvar returns to the screen with the intimate and tender portrait of male loneliness Pain…
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REVIEW: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) dir. Joachim Ronning
Let’s just get this out of the way: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil is not a good movie, or one that should even…
REVIEW: Abominable (2019) dir. Jill Culton
Dreamworks is kind of in a weird place. Their prize series– Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon, and Madagascar– have all reached…
REVIEW: Downton Abbey (2019) dir. Michael Engler
The cheer that erupted when the Downton Abbey estate appeared on screen at my Coolidge preview screening rivaled the roars that surrounded…
REVIEW: Ad Astra (2019) dir. James Gray
Space is terrifying. The best science fiction films, like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alien, and Gravity are able to capture the horrifying…
REVIEW: Blinded by the Light (2019) dir. Gurinder Chadha
Do you remember your first Springsteen song? Director Gurinder Chadha certainly does, and she has distilled that energy into a charming coming-of-age…
REVIEW: Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019) dir. James Bobin
On paper, a live action re-imagining of cartoon adventurer Dora the Explorer sounds like a bomb waiting to happen. The concept was…
REVIEW: The Kitchen (2019) dir. Andrea Berloff
If this were the ’90s, my headline would be something like “The Kitchen is Undercooked”. Unfortunately, that pun doesn’t capture how much…
REVIEW: The Farewell (2019) dir. Lulu Wang
A24 has put out another winner. Lulu Wang’s The Farewell is a tight family drama with a great score, gorgeous imagery, and…
REVIEW: The Lion King (2019) dir. Jon Favreau
Just because you can make a hyper-realistic, nearly shot-for-shot remake of The Lion King with photorealistic animals devoid of cartoonish facial features,…
REVIEW: Toy Story 4 (2019) dir. Josh Cooley
Is there any film series quite like Toy Story? The first film broke every technical limit possible, becoming the first feature-length computer-animated…
WENT THERE: Director Debra Granik @ Brattle Theatre 5/31/2019
Debra Granik’s debut feature film, Down to the Bone is a story of addiction, poverty, and sheer force of will. Starring Vera Farmiga (most…
