“Spider in the Web” – Quite tangled [MOVIE REVIEW] “Spider in the Web,” a film from Israeli director Eran Riklis with an international cast, is a somewhat convoluted thriller Neely Swanson August 29, 2019
“Vita & Virginia” – Not for the virginal [MOVIE REVIEW] “Vita & Virginia,” a snapshot into the upper-class bohemia of London in the 1920s, delineates the lives of two major Neely Swanson August 29, 2019
“Non-Fiction” – Not without friction “Non-Fiction,” a film written and directed by Olivier Assayas, is a movie only the French would make. From the positive Neely Swanson May 8, 2019
“Tolkien” – Finding Middle Earth [MOVIE] Director Dome Karukoski and writers David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford take us on a marvelous journey in “Tolkien,” the rarest Neely Swanson May 8, 2019
“Out of Blue” – Not just blue [MOVIE REVIEW] “Out of Blue,” the misguided film written and directed by Carol Morely, tells a story of murder, philosophy, and physics, Neely Swanson March 20, 2019
“Yardie” – Imprisoned [MOVIE REVIEW] Idris Elba’s directorial debut in the British film, written for the screen by Brock Norman Brock and Martin Stellman, based Neely Swanson March 13, 2019
“Transit” – Moving [MOVIE REVIEW] Writer/director Christian Petzold is a master of allegory, irony, and complexity. He is also a gifted interpreter of novels, adapting Neely Swanson March 6, 2019
“Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People” – Won’t win the prize [MOVIE REVIEW] “Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People,” directed by Oren Rudavsky and written by Rudavsky and Robert Seidman, was produced in Neely Swanson March 4, 2019
“Patrick” – A dog [MOVIE REVIEW] “Patrick,” a little Hallmark-style film that luckily stays just this side of treacly, would have been far more suited as Neely Swanson February 11, 2019
“La Religieuse” – Nun but the lonely heart [MOVIE REVIEW] In a new 4K restoration, Jacques Rivette’s highly controversial film, La Religieuse (The Nun), is given a long-awaited revival. Finished Neely Swanson January 15, 2019
“Mary Poppins Returns” – A Spoon full of sugar isn’t going to help [MOVIE REVIEW] “Mary Poppins Returns” hits all the notes, notes that were all hit before. Mary Poppins may be practically perfect in Neely Swanson December 18, 2018
“The Guilty” – As we all are [MOVIE REVIEW] Detective Asger Holm’s annoyance can be read in his smirk. Assigned to desk duty in the emergency services division for Neely Swanson October 15, 2018
“Stavisky” – Madoff with a lot [MOVIE REVIEW] “Stavisky,” a film based on a true story as seen through the lens of Alain Resnais and screenwriter Jorge Neely Swanson October 11, 2018
“The Old Man and the Gun” – Shoot the moon [MOVIE REVIEW] “The Old Man and the Gun” is Robert Redford’s valedictory film for us all, demographics be damned. Based on a Neely Swanson September 26, 2018
“Tea with the Dames” – And there’s nothing like it. [MOVIE REVIEW] “Tea with the Dames” is one of the most delightful documentaries to come along in a period that has been Neely Swanson September 26, 2018
“The House with a Clock in its Walls” – Tick, tick, boom! [MOVIE REVIEW] Never has such a delightful, family-friendly film come along that boasts what seems to be a counterintuitive creative team. Maybe Neely Swanson September 20, 2018