Posted on August 23, 2018 at 8:00 am
One of the best films of the year is the wonderfully imaginative and cheekily provocative Sorry to Bother You, written and directed by Boots Riley. Now you can buy the screenplay for half price from McSweeney’s, just $10. It’s also worth taking a look at Boots Riley’s critique of Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman. He has a …
Posted on August 22, 2018 at 8:00 am
I really appreciate Sophie Gilbert for writing in The Atlantic about something that has bugged me for a long time, the tired cliche of the movie portrayals of female journalists as completely unprofessional, and especially as always sleeping with their sources and subjects. I complained about this in my review of the Amy Schumer romantic …
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Posted on August 22, 2018 at 8:00 am
James Hong is one of the few Asian actors who has been successful in Hollywood for decades, and the success of the all-Asian cast of “Crazy Rich Asians” has prompted a great story about him in Deadline. He has worked on films with Clark Gable (Soldier of Fortune) and in TV with Jane Wyman in one of …
Posted on August 21, 2018 at 8:11 pm
The Washington Post’s Ann Hornaday wrote about the new “canon” films, the ones she thinks will be ranked with the best there ever were. Of course any list or ranking will cause more debate than it leaves out, but it is fun to see which films she thinks will show up “Vertigo” and “Citizen Kane” …
Posted on August 21, 2018 at 5:09 am
Viggo Mortensen and Oscar winner Mahershala Ali star in “The Green Book,” based on the true story of black musician Don Shirley and the white driver/bodyguard who took him on tour through the America South of the early Civil Rights era. Before Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, public accommodations like hotels and buses were allowed …
