“And We Go Green” – and really fast [MOVIE REVIEW] “And We Go Green” is the fascinating story of a new race for speed. Directors Fisher Stevens and Malcolm Venville Neely Swanson June 3, 2020
“Lance” – Straight through the heart [MOVIE REVIEW] “LANCE,” is an outstanding documentary by Marina Zenovich, the award-winning director of “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired.” Clearly Zenovich is Neely Swanson May 23, 2020
“Military Wives” – Conduct very becoming [MOVIE REVIEW] “Military Wives,” directed by Peter Cattaneo of “Full Monty” fame, treads familiar, mine-strewn territory and comes out alive. The soldiers, Neely Swanson May 22, 2020
“Robert the Bruce” – No pining here [MOVIE REVIEW] Two hours has rarely seemed as never-ending as “Robert the Bruce,” the film directed by Richard Gray and written by Neely Swanson April 22, 2020
“The Booksellers” – Content but no content [MOVIE REVIEW] D.W. Young set out to pay homage to the magical world of books and those who revere them in “The Neely Swanson April 14, 2020
“Resistance” – No problem [MOVIE REVIEW] “Resistance,” a film written and directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz, had a presumably interesting topic to cover, the wartime heroics of Neely Swanson March 18, 2020
“D. Wade: Life Unexpected” – And well-lived [MOVIE REVIEW] “D. Wade: Life Unexpected” is a documentary directed, filmed, and produced about the life of Dwyane Wade by his friend Neely Swanson February 22, 2020
The Times of Bill Cunningham – In no time at all [MOVIE REVIEW] The Times of Bill Cunningham, a delightful documentary written and directed by Mark Bozek, hitherto most famous as CEO of Neely Swanson February 17, 2020
“Premature” – But just a bit undercooked [MOVIE REVIEW] “Premature,” the thoughtful independent film directed by Rashaad Ernesto Green and written by Green and Zora Howard, who also plays Neely Swanson February 17, 2020
“The White Sheik” – Many different colors [MOVIE REVIEW] In a new 4K restoration by Rialto, “The White Sheik,” directed and co-written by Federico Fellini in 1952, is given Neely Swanson January 16, 2020
“Three Christs” – Too Many [MOVIE REVIEW] Like Mary McCarthy’s famous quote about Lillian Hellman: “Every word she writes is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the,’” “Three Neely Swanson January 7, 2020
“Mob Town” – Bom(b) Town [MOVIE REVIEW] So much can be said about “Mob Town” and none of it is good. Directed badly by Danny A. Abeckaser, Neely Swanson December 9, 2019
“Citizen K” – Special [MOVIE REVIEW] “Citizen K,” the multi-layered documentary by the masterful Alex Gibney (“Going Clear”), focuses its lens on the enigmatic and peripatetic Neely Swanson November 21, 2019
“Scandalous” – It really is [MOVIE REVIEW] “Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer,” a wonderfully conceived documentary by Mark Landsman, will really surprise you. From Neely Swanson November 14, 2019
“Mr. Klein” – Nothing small about it [MOVIE REVIEW] “Mr. Klein,” Joseph Losey’s brilliant, multi-layered film of 1976 has been given a well-deserved rerelease by Rialto Pictures, a company Neely Swanson October 7, 2019
“Sound of Silence” – Too bad it’s not [MOVIE REVIEW] Sound of Silence,” directed by Michael Tyburski and co-written by Tyburski and Ben Nabors, was based on their short film Neely Swanson September 13, 2019