Cobra Kai — Season 3
Whether you are a critic, a fan, or something in-between, you have no doubt experienced the delicious pleasure of discovering a show or a band or a film before it… Continue reading "Cobra Kai — Season 3"
Author: kenmorefield
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Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America (Ornstein, 2016)
When someone he has befriended leaves the Ku Klux Klan, he often gives Daryl Davis the robe he wore as a member of that group. Over the years, Davis, by… Continue reading "Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America (Ornstein, 2016)"
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Love Sarah (Schroeder 2020)
Love Sarah begins immediately after the death of the titular character, whom we are told was a world class chef. Sarah’s partner reluctantly agrees to sell the restaurant space, and… Continue reading "Love Sarah (Schroeder 2020)"
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2020 Top Ten
People speak of love, don’t know what they’re thinking ofReach out to each other through the push and shoveSpeak in terms of a life and the learningTry to think of… Continue reading "2020 Top Ten"
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Modern Persuasion (Appel & Lisecki, 2020)
Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice had a working title of First Impressions. Although she did not ultimately use that title for any of her novels, it remained a running theme… Continue reading "Modern Persuasion (Appel & Lisecki, 2020)"
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Another Round (Vinterberg, 2020)
The beginning and ending of Another Round are very strong. Thomas Vinterberg’s portrait of an alcoholic culture is quite effective at varying its tone — demonstrating the highs as well… Continue reading "Another Round (Vinterberg, 2020)"
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Billie (Erskine, 2020)
James Erskine’s Billie is a little gem of a documentary, more oral history than biography. That is arrives streaming this week with little fanfare is mildly surprising but entirely shocking.… Continue reading "Billie (Erskine, 2020)"
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The Croods: A New Age (Crawford, 2020)
The Croods: A New Age unfolds like an American football game where a perennial 5-11 team (I’m looking at you, Washington) grabs a first quarter lead. For a short while,… Continue reading "The Croods: A New Age (Crawford, 2020)"
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Crazy, Not Insane (Gibney, 2020)
Alex Gibney is the rare documentarian who usually ends up convincing me regardless of whether or not I start on the same side of his arguments. Taxi to the Dark… Continue reading "Crazy, Not Insane (Gibney, 2020)"
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The Last Vermeer (Friedkin, 2020)
Like its protagonists, Han Van Meegeren and Joseph Piller, The Last Vermeer is unassuming. Its subject — the looting of European art by the Nazis — was covered more dramatically… Continue reading "The Last Vermeer (Friedkin, 2020)"