“The Room Next Door,” starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, is director Pedro Almodóvar’s first foray into making English-language films. It follows Ingrid (Julianne Moore) as she discovers that an old friend of hers, Martha (Tilda Swinton), has stage three cervical cancer. Martha hopes that instead of spending her last days suffering through chemotherapy, she will be able to...
For more than 30 years, the “Wallace & Gromit” franchise has drawn the attention of fans through its prominent use of eye-catching claymation, interesting characters, witty humor and Buster Keaton-like escapades. The titular characters have embedded themselves within the realm of British pop culture all while being recognized and acclaimed on an international level. Their trajectory is akin to...
Brady Corbet’s three-and-a-half hour film is being heralded as a massive cinematic achievement in the current film landscape. It follows a Hungarian architect named Lazlo Toth, played by Adrien Brody, as he comes to America after the Holocaust.
With a 15-minute intermission (making the runtime three hours and 45 minutes), a sweeping brassy score and incredible Vistavision 70-millimeter cinematography, it...
In “Babygirl,” Romy Mathis (Nicole Kidman) struggles to balance the different spheres of her life. She has high ambitions, having fought to create her own company and become one of a few female CEOs. And yet she also wants to be a devoted wife and mother, getting up early to pack her kid’s lunch and make breakfast. Then there...
At the end of 2024, the movie theater release lineups felt pretty unconventional. In December, a whirlwind of films like Robet Eggers’ “Nosferatu,” James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown,” and Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl” were all released in local theaters on Christmas Day. To read an article about “Nosferatu,” check out “‘Nosferatu’ is the horror film audiences have been waiting for,”...
“Nosferatu,” directed by Robert Eggers, is a horror masterpiece.
Based off of the 1922 German silent film of the same name, “Nosferatu” follows a real estate agent, Thomas Hutter, who is sent to Transylvania to secure a deal with a Count named Orlok.
Although it is not based on his personal life, the original silent film is very personal to Eggers’s...
James Mangold’s “A Complete Unknown” is a music biopic starring Timothée Chalamet as 60s icon Bob Dylan in the early stages of his career. It meets Dylan right as he arrives in New York and follows his progression into becoming a superstar.
Mangold is best known for directing “Walk the Line,” the Johnny Cash biopic. Unlike “Walk the Line,” the...
With final exams and projects occupying most of the time in the weeks ahead, don’t forget to plan a respite to end the quarter on a positive note. After finals, find some time to settle down with a good book, music or perhaps binge a couple of great movie picks. Pair that with a comfy blanket to snuggle up...
Whether it’s horror movies in October or old jazz music during December, the festivities associated with preparing for holidays are often undebatable. Few would object to watching a spooky movie on Halloween because that’s what Halloween is all about. Similarly, others indulge in listening to cozy jazz classics because the winter holidays are all about tenderness and love. But,...
Robert Zemeckis is a filmmaker best known for transporting viewers into the past. He is most well-known for the “Back to the Future” franchise as well as the 1991 American classic, “Forrest Gump.” In all of his films he is experimenting with technology, whether it was inserting Tom Hanks’ Forrest into old footage of world leaders in “Forrest Gump,”...