Film
Troubled Teen Finds New Direction In Clear-Eyed ‘Bull’
By Scott Tobias “Can’t you just take me to juvie?” There’s a disturbing resignation to the way Kris, a 14-year-old white girl from a run-down Houston suburb, poses the question to a cop who’s picked her up for trashing a neighbor’s house. Her mother is already in jail and her grandmother, dirt poor and overtaxed →
South African ‘Queen Sono’ Is A Savvy Secret Agent — And A First For Netflix
by Michel Martin Queen Sono is both a classic spy thriller and a ground-breaking entertainment endeavor. The drama is Netflix’s first commissioned script-to-screen series from Africa, and the first such show to get major distribution in the U.S. Filmed across the continent with a diverse cast featuring multiple languages, the show stars Pearl Thusi as a South African →
It Ain’t Cabot Cove: Murder In Maine Haunts The Twisty ‘Blow The Man Down’
by Scott Tobias Note: Blow The Man Down will be available for streaming Friday, March 20, on Amazon Prime. Tourists →
While Waiting Out The Pandemic, It’s Worth A Watch Of These Classic Films
by Bob Mondello Critics are often asked “What’s your favorite movie?” — and most of us have learned to deflect the question. If you see a few hundred films a year, “favorite” is a moving target. Stiil, when pressed, I do have a ready answer: Buster Keaton’s silent, Civil-War comedy The General. The 1926 black and →
‘First Cow’: A Profound, Ruminative Western
by Chris Klimek First Cow, writer-director Kelly Reichardt’s seventh feature and her fifth collaboration with novelist/screenwriter John Raymond, is →
‘The Night Clerk’: Hitchcockian Premise, Half-Cocked Execution
by Mark Jenkins Everyday life is a big mystery to Bart, a 23-year-old hotel worker who describes himself →
