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)"
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)"
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)"
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)"
Before apologizing profusely for not much caring for Skyman, I guess I have to admit that I didn’t much care for Skyman. People are literally dying to get back to… Continue reading "Skyman (Myrick, 2020)"
Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. F Scott Fitzgerald, “The Rich Boy” It is not entirely accurate and hence not entirely… Continue reading "Dads (Howard, 2020)"
The easiest film to compare to The Audition is Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash. Both films feature overbearing music teachers and their students who must come to decide how far they are… Continue reading "The Audition (Weisse, 2019)"
On the same day that I watched a screener of Selfie Dad, Brad J. Silverman’s new Christian movie about an African-American video editor aspiring to be a YouTube comic, Dave… Continue reading "Selfie Dad (Silverman, 2020)"
In My Only Great Passion, the definitive biography of Carl Theodor Dreyer, Jean and Dale D. Drum devote approximately eight pages to dismissing Michael as “melodramatic” and “bereft of the… Continue reading "Michael (Dreyer, 1924)"
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)"
