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What better day than Halloween to review a sequel to perhaps the greatest horror film of all time. No, I am not talking about Halloween and its myriad endless follow-ups, but rather 1973’s The Exorcist, which with 10 nominations including Best Picture…

Some films are just ripped from the headlines, but in the case of the new political thriller Anniversary, it appears that this story of an authoritarian government and one-party system taking over America has simply stumbled coincidentally on to the…

If Song Sung Blue, which had its world premiere as the closing-night film of AFI Fest, weren’t a true story no one would ever have the nerve to make it. The unlikely triumphs and unspeakable tragedies of a Milwaukee Neil Diamond tribute band known as…

As an actor and director Ben Stiller is well known, merging those talents in movies like Zoolander, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Tropic Thunder, The Cable Guy and countless others, and most recently as director and producer of the Emmy darling Severa…

Regretting You is a tribute to the transportational properties of cinema; for two very long hours you'll be wondering what year it is, where you are, and what the hell you're doing there. Rarely was a film more aptly titled, unless, of course, you're a…

The Handmaid’s Tale meets The Arabian Nights in Julia Jackman's feature debut, a feminist fantasy that leans hard into whimsy while making some salient points about the place of women in the real world. Festivals have been generous to it so far, with…

The menacing evil villain of 2022’s hit horror film, Black Phone, is back for a sequel even though he was killed off in the first film. Of course that has never stopped filmmakers of these fright films before and it hasn’t stopped director Scott…

Director Lear deBessonet has chosen wisely in the first production of her inaugural season as Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater, resurrecting the grand, however imperfect musical Ragtime, first staged on Broadway in a bloated 1998 production. Here, as she did with the recent Encores…

Movies have forever explored the mysteries of marriage in all aspects from classics like Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes From A Marriage, Stanley Donen’s Two For The Road, Robert Benton’s Oscar-winning Kramer Vs. Kramer and Mike Nichols’ directorial debut of…

Last night Lionel Richie made a surprise appearance during night 3 of Dua Lipa’s “Radical Optimism” Tour at LA’s Kia Forum performing his Commodores-like-Caribbean sounding classic “All Night Long” with the British singer. It’s just one of many rotating classic ditties in her set list, Lipa…

Certainly 1982’s Tron from director Steven Lisberger was a groundbreaking piece of cinematic CGI wizardry, but for some reason it took 28 years for a sequel, 2010’s Tron: Legacy, a father-son story that marked Joseph Kosinski’s feature film directorial…

Taylor Swift's preface of her new theatrical release — "The Fate of Ophelia" music video followed by lyric videos to each of her already record-breaking The Life of a Showgirl's 12 songs interspersed with brief descriptions of her inspiration behind each song and brainstorming behind the music video…