“The Miracle Club” Lourdesie Lourdesie [MOVIE REVIEW] If “The Miracle Club” starred Jane Brown, Susie White and Mary Jones this slight piece would have gone straight to Neely Swanson July 13, 2023
“Afire” – Flames without heat [MOVIE REVIEW] Christian Petzold, writer and director of “Afire,” is a metaphorical storyteller. His movies “Phoenix,” “Transit” and “Undine” are films where Neely Swanson July 12, 2023
“Primo” – First in many ways [TELEVISION REVIEWS] “Primo,” is a coming of age comedy based on the life of Shea Serrano, a former middle school science teacher, Neely Swanson July 7, 2023
“The Out-Laws” – Should be outlawed [MOVIE REVIEW] “The Out-Laws,” conceived by Evan Turner and developed by Turner and Adam Devine as a starring vehicle for Devine, started Neely Swanson July 7, 2023
“Make Me Famous” – or Rich [MOVIE] Brian Vincent’s documentary, deceptively about artist Edward Brezinski, isn’t really about Brezinski at all. “Make Me Famous” asks more questions Neely Swanson July 6, 2023
“Biosphere” – A safe place? [MOVIE] “Biosphere” is that rare creature that has only two characters and a fixed set, common in theater and rare on Neely Swanson July 4, 2023
“Scarlet”- A fable [MOVIE REVIEW] “Scarlet” is a poetic fairy tale, often floating like the red sails the heroine longs for. Directed by Pietro Marcello Neely Swanson June 20, 2023
“All Man: The International Male Story” – Male order [MOVIE REVIEWS] Peter Jones, an Emmy Award-winning writer, has constructed a lovely, fluffy biography of the mail order catalog that swept the Neely Swanson June 6, 2023
“Blue Jean” – A bit faded [MOVIE REVIEW] It’s easy in this day and age of same sex marriage to forget about the years of discrimination faced by Neely Swanson June 2, 2023
“Monica” – Schmonica [MOVIE REVIEW] There’s no way around it. This is an excruciatingly long movie on a topic that could have been interesting had Neely Swanson May 6, 2023
“Film, the Living Record of Our Memory” – Lost and Found [MOVIE REVIEW] At any given moment, cinema, the record of our remembrance of things past, is turning to dust. Tracking the international Neely Swanson May 5, 2023
“SISU” – Don’t poke the bear [MOVIE REVIEW] “Sisu” is an untranslatable word in Finnish meant to imply courage beyond imagination in the face of extraordinary danger. It’s Neely Swanson April 25, 2023
“R.M.N.” – Magnetic and resonant [MOVIE REVIEW] “R.M.N.,” short for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (the Romanian equivalent of MRI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging), long form for a brain scan, Neely Swanson April 24, 2023
“Gringa” – Groaner [MOVIE REVIEW] As Fats Domino sang so eloquently, “Ain’t that a shame.” “Gringa,” the assured directing debuts of Marny Eng and E.J. Neely Swanson April 17, 2023
“You’re Killing Me” – Just let me die [MOVIE REVIEW] “You’re Killing Me,” directed by Beth Hann and Jerren Lauder and written by Walker Hare and Brad Martocello, is a Neely Swanson April 6, 2023
“One True Loves” – At a time [MOVIE REVIEW] “One True Loves,” based on the Taylor Jenkins Reid novel (Reid and Alex J. Reid wrote the screenplay), posits the Neely Swanson April 3, 2023