Lukewarm Runnings
Olympic Dreams by Matt Weiner You have to admire the chutzpah when the first feature film ever to shoot on location at the Olympics has the star athlete’s event be…read more →
Matt Weiner
Dovidl the Conservatory Boy
Song of Names by Matt Weiner A Holocaust movie where the central tragedy haunts the characters just offscreen like a specter, anchored by two forceful leads and a mystery that…read more →
Fear and Loathing in Long Island
Uncut Gems by Matt Weiner There’s something acutely familiar right now about watching a consummate New York macher unable to help himself as he pursues more and more wealth, drawing…read more →
Nice Guys Finish Last
Ford v Ferrari by Matt Weiner Director James Mangold has a knack for turning the comfortable biopic formula into something genuinely gripping, even when it’s not surprising. In the case…read more →
We Didn’t Start the Fire
Promare by Matt Weiner As the first feature-length film from Studio Trigger (the studio behind the well-received TV series “Kill la Kill”), Promare has its work cut out for it.…read more →
I Don’t Want to Go Out—Week of September 16
Quiet week in home entertainment, but if you’re hankerin’ for a redhead (and who isn’t, really?) there are two options. Click the film title to link to the full review.…read more →
Let’s All Go to the Editing Bay
Have You Seen My Movie? by Matt Weiner If the phrase “a love-letter to cinema” wasn’t clichéd by now, Paul Anton Smith’s new meta-film Have You Seen My Movie? at…read more →
I Don’t Want to Go Out—Week of July 22
So, there’s this great animated movie that no one saw. It probably isn’t entertaining enough for the littlest kids, but everyone else should see it. There’s also a middling action…read more →
Glasgow Skyline
Wild Rose by Matt Weiner “Three chords and the truth” is the driving spirit that runs throughout Wild Rose. It’s the reason aspiring country singer Rose-Lynn Harlan (Jessie Buckley) doesn’t…read more →
Do Clones Dream of Fluffy Puppies?
Diamantino by Matt Weiner Is Diamantino going for hard-hitting social commentary? Eurozone political satire? B-movie send-up? I spent the first half of the film (written and directed by Gabriel Abrantes…read more →