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Triangle of Sadness (2022)::rating::3.5::rating::3.5::rating::3.5

M uch like this year’s The Menu, Triangle of Sadness takes aim at the pinkies-out dilettantes who punish the world with their platinum-coated sense of entitlement. Despite this similarity, the two films…

To Leslie (2022)::rating::4.5

T o Leslie sent my thoughts back to a similar film, Hillbilly Elegy. In that middling, piddling, manipulative hooey, millionaire actors slap on prosthetics and moth-eaten flannel. For two hours, they…

The Menu (2022)::rating::3.5

I managed a wine store for almost fifteen years, and I affectionately remember some of the pretentious wine reviews that hung from the shelves. My favorite was attached to…

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)::rating::3.5

E ven amongst the crowded field of obligatory sequels, Glass Onion stands out, like a shimmering, whinnying unicorn. Writer-director Rian Johnson somehow replicates everything that made Knives Out a real hootenanny,…

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)::rating::4.5

T he Banshees of Inisherin takes place in 1923, on a little Irish island where life seems to amble along, like a pleasant stroll on a country road. As civil…

Dec 2022

The Fabelmans (2022)::rating::5

W hen he directed Jaws in 1975, Steven Spielberg was hailed as a wunderkind and an overnight sensation. The truth is that Spielberg had been cranking out movies for most of his…

Dec 2022

Tár (2022)::rating::4.5

A s we meet Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett), somewhere in the deep of middle age, she's already a woman with nothing left to prove. When she sits for an interview…

Nov 2022

Spirited (2022)::rating::3

I f you've seen the trailers, posters, or billboards for Spirited, let's see if your first impression synchs with mine: At first glance, this movie looks like concentrated donkey doo. It's…

Nov 2022

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)::rating::3

A s an epic elegy on the passing of Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever works extremely well. It's a stately, moving benediction, and the filmmakers deserve credit for hitting all…

Nov 2022