REVIEW: Delve into a Wealth of Cynicism in ‘Widows’
Oscar-winning Steve McQueen’s jagged-edged thriller follows a high-stakes heist set in South Side Chicago — but doesn’t follow the genre’s …
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Fox19 – ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’ and ‘Widows’
I stake out new, bolder territory in the anti-‘Harry Potter’ spinoff realm with my takedown of the latest ‘Fantastic Beasts’ …
Fox19 – ‘Overlord’ and ‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’
Find out if the B-movie horror of ‘Overlord’ or the Bond-inspired thrills of ‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’ will …
Composing the Quiet Desperation of ‘Wildlife’
Paul Dano’s directorial debut, starring Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal, explores the dissolution of a marriage. I have come to …
Fox19 – ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ & ‘Beautiful Boy’
Will ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ rock you or will you be captivated by the dark and brooding charisma of ‘Beautiful Boy’ at …
Conversation With Writer-Director Elizabeth Chomko (‘What They Had’)
What They Had, the new feature from first-time writer-director Elizabeth Chomko, captures a family in a moment of crisis. Ruth …
Seeking More than Beauty from ‘Beautiful Boy’
As a first-time film festival programmer (for the rebranded Over-the-Rhine International Film Festival), I found myself in the position countless …
‘The Affair’ & ‘The Wife’ Beget ‘Colette’
By the end of the HBO series The Wire, I couldn’t imagine a more perfect merger of an actor and …
In ‘The Hate U Give’ Starr Carter Seizes Control of Her Own Narrative
In ‘The Hate U Give’ a young woman grapples with two identities—who she is in a predominantly black community and …
Fox19 -The New ‘Halloween’ and Scary Franchises
Now’s the time to not only review the new ‘Halloween’ movie (a direct sequel to the 1978 original), but also …
