Boys State (Moss, 2020)
“And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me / He’d grown up just like me / My boy was just like me.” — “Cats in the Cradle,”… Continue reading "Boys State (Moss, 2020)"
Category: Reviews
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Nakom (Norris & Pittman, 2016)
Nakom doesn’t pander to Western viewers. We are introduced to Iddrisu Awinzor (Jacob Ayanaba) while he is at medical school and follow him in his return to the village of… Continue reading "Nakom (Norris & Pittman, 2016)"
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Flannery (Bosco & Coffman, 2020)
When I was an undergraduate in the mid 1980s, The Chronicle of Higher Education surveyed ninety-nine literature professors, asking which works written since the end of World War II would… Continue reading "Flannery (Bosco & Coffman, 2020)"
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Greyhound (Schneider, 2020)
Tom Hanks is the selling point for Greyhound. In it, the actor — and now writer — has found a vehicle that is completely on brand. The film. like the… Continue reading "Greyhound (Schneider, 2020)"
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Corpus Christi (Komasa, 2019)
Corpus Christi was Poland’s entry for Best International Film at the 2020 Academy Awards. It is a strong film that may well have taken home a prize most years, but… Continue reading "Corpus Christi (Komasa, 2019)"
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The King of Staten Island (Apatow, 2020)
It is hard to know whether Judd Apatow grew up or I did. Once upon a time — 2007 to be precise — I found his portraits of aged but… Continue reading "The King of Staten Island (Apatow, 2020)"
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How to Build a Girl (Giedroyc, 2019)
How to Build a Girl is the sort of film that allows you to write 90% of your review of it simply by making positive or negative comparisons to other… Continue reading "How to Build a Girl (Giedroyc, 2019)"
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The Flood (Woodley, 2019)
Wendy is an immigration officer working in the U.K. Daily, she listens to the stories of desperate refugees and determines their fate. Do they stay, or do they return? She… Continue reading "The Flood (Woodley, 2019)"
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Beyond the Visible — Hilma af Klint (Dyrschka, 2019)
There are two potential documentaries here kicking one another like fraternal twins in a womb, each hoping to emerge first. One is a rather easy to follow allegation of gender… Continue reading "Beyond the Visible — Hilma af Klint (Dyrschka, 2019)"
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Desert One (Kopple, 2019)
I will put my disclosures up front rather than as postscripts. My father was one of 52 American hostages in Tehran from 1979-81. He taught me to respect the military… Continue reading "Desert One (Kopple, 2019)"