Kept as a family exercise both in story and in creation, The Piano Lesson reconciles the value of history and how it fights the needs of the present. Directed by Malcolm Washington, produced by Denzel Washington and starring John David Washington (yes, they are all...
With an all-star cast of Jacob Elordi, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Diego Calva, Will Poulter and Sasha Calle, On Swift Horses provides a cinematic look at the tale of two individuals who have a intrisical connection. The two are bonded by what they cannot express and that...
Directed by Luca Guardigno (Call me by your Name, Challengers) offers an adaptation that has both a brilliant storybook quality and a dark undertone of longing and loneliness. Guardigno creates visuals that he likely had as a teenager, reading the book with...
The Brutalist takes in the motion of its characters' lives so that you can follow them in their most trying moments. Director Brady Corbet takes great care in creating moments of detail in the travels of his characters. Their choices, while not always explicit,...
Told in reverse order, The Life of Chuck begins with the third act and ends with the first. This structure, while unconvential, becomes essential to learning about who Chuck is and what he represents. People like Chuck are superheroes. They are the people who, despite...
Starring Riz Ahmed and Lily James, Relay is a contained, but expansive, thriller set in New York City. Sarah (Lily James) first finds Ash (Riz Ahmed) as she seeks a middleman between corporations and the people who have discovered terrible secrets about them. Using a...
Starring Jharrel Jerome, Jerome takes on a character that continues to solidify his positions as a star leading actor. What makes Anthony Robles (Jharrel Jerome) seemingly Unstoppable is the chip on his shoulder. He is continually underestimated, under-recruited and,...
A philosophical and trying film for its characters, Eden presents people who believe that they are above nature but, ultimately, all behest to their animal instincts. The first two on the titular island is Dr.Ritter and his partner Dora. Ritter is there to create a...
Directed by Mike Leigh, Hard Truths introduces us to Pansy, a mother with a dramatic personality. The focus of Pansy's world is her family, who seem to be clambering up in the face of her anger and lack of joy in the world. The film shows Pansy's family in different...