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In Fidelity is a drama film that, at first glance, might mislead viewers into thinking it’s a romantic comedy. This film, written and directed by Rob Margolies, intricately explores how severe illnesses and death can trigger discussions within relationships that people tend to avoid. Infidelity is often understood in one way, but this film reflects […]

There are parts of a woman’s life that we do not normally share with one another, let alone admit. The writer, director, and star Leah McKendrick dares to show some of these realities on the big screen. Like for example, when some women face a severe crisis in their life, they tend to do the

Mickey Barnes is doomed to die again and again over and over in grotesque yet banal ways. And this part of “Mickey 17,” is perhaps more entertaining than Bong Joon Ho’s frustratingly odd follow-up to his Oscar-winning thriller “Parasite.” With “Mickey 17,” Ho’s third instalment in English features, he takes a swing at some of

Typically, hagsploitation films focus on women while neglecting elderly male characters, which makes “The Rule of Jenny Pen” unique. Interestingly, with a bit of tweaking, the title could work for a hagsploitation film. In an alternative universe turned “Who Rules, Jenny Pen?,” Shelley Winters and Tallulah Bankhead could have starred as classics in the subgenre.

In “The Wild Boys” (2017), “After Blue Dirty Paradise” (2021), and now “She Is Conann,” it is clear that French filmmaker Bertrand Mandico has a firm commitment to poetic conversations, subversive cross-dressing, and glitter. This need not come as a shock, for Mandico has created a fantastical world which he claims is only built by

The overcooked action flick “Argylle” begins with what seems to be a joke. Agent Argylle (Henry Cavill) is tailing a Greek LaGrange (Dua Lipa) who is clad in a glittery gold dress at some undercover setting. Her carefree solo before that malodorous dance was followed by her foes showering her with bullets. A chase set-piece

The “Accidental Getaway Driver” is based on the life of a Vietnamese American taxi driver who, in real life, was held hostage for a short duration by three escaped prisoners. This is parallel to Mann’s thrillers, particularly “Collateral” and “Thief”, due to their wide-stretched, crystal clear, nighttime still photography, as well as their slightly off-centred

the veteran German-born director Wim Wenders has drawn nearly equal inspiration from Japan, as much as he has from the United States. The two documentaries he made in the 80s, “Tokyo-ga” and “Notebook on Cities and Clothes” are both set in Japan along with a part of his 1991 movie, “Until the End of the

In 1984, the town of Corby, 72 miles northwest of London, started moving to bulldoze the steelworks that used to be the region’s predominant source of employment. They brought orange and mud-brown sludge to Corby at high speeds and dumped it in a landfill. The environmental destruction resulting from the mud-brown sludge including dust in

In Dito Montiel’s “Riff Raff,” a silly combination of a crime story and a comedy, each member of the star-studded cast yawns through lines they’ve delivered a million times along with montages from their other works. Jennifer Coolidge continues to play her signature role in a forgettable performance. Ed Harris falls back into his unremarkable