The Glassworker (Riaz, 2025)
The Glassworker straddles the fence between knock-off and homage. I think it falls on the wrong side of that divide. Show the picture above to a dozen cinephiles, and I… Continue reading "The Glassworker (Riaz, 2025)"
Author: kenmorefield
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Suspended Time (Assayas, 2024)
Suspended Time is the first narrative set during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in which I recognized elements of my own experience of the time. The World Health Organization reports that… Continue reading "Suspended Time (Assayas, 2024)"
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East of Wall (Beecroft, 2025)
East of Wall occupies a murky space between drama and documentary where it is not always apparent what is embellishment and what is meant to be accepted at face value.… Continue reading "East of Wall (Beecroft, 2025)"
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Hola Frida (Kadi and Vézina, 2024)
Hola Frida is a film so winsome in its conception that it is almost impossible to criticize it for perceived flaws in its execution. The Frida of the title is… Continue reading "Hola Frida (Kadi and Vézina, 2024)"
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The Trouble with Jessica (Winn, 2023)
The Trouble with Jessica presents itself as a dark comedy, even though it is more sour than dark and never particularly funny. Jessica (Indira Varma) is hardly in the movie.… Continue reading "The Trouble with Jessica (Winn, 2023)"
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The Naked Gun (Schaffer, 2025)
The Naked Gun dashes along for its first thirty minutes, eliciting more giggles and groans than guffaws, but doing so at a pace that masks how little hold its frame… Continue reading "The Naked Gun (Schaffer, 2025)"
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Jurassic World: Rebirth (Edwards, 2025)
“Did everyone who got eaten deserve it?” my wife asked as I walked through the door, returning from Jurassic World: Rebirth. After over three decades of marriage, I probably should… Continue reading "Jurassic World: Rebirth (Edwards, 2025)"
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If You Should Leave Before Me (Anderson and Anderson, 2025)
If You Should Leave Before Me has a lot of things going for it, including and especially an understated performance by Shane P. Allen as a grieving man. But like… Continue reading "If You Should Leave Before Me (Anderson and Anderson, 2025)"
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Seasoned — Pilot
Seasoned is a proposed television show based on the popularity of Mandy Patinkin’s and Kathryn Grody’s home videos on social media. The pilot episode, “Hangry,” aired in the Episodic program… Continue reading "Seasoned — Pilot"
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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (Piani, 2025)
As a longtime scholar of Jane Austen’s fiction and a self-professed snob about films derived from it, the biggest compliment I can pay to Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is… Continue reading "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (Piani, 2025)"