Movies
Sidney Poitier wasn't exactly an actor of my time. He was my parents' idol, someone from some bygone Black Hollywood era, usually filmed in a drab, colorless s…
by Tre Johnson, The Washington Post January 23, 2022HOT SPRINGS -- Many more short films this year made for a long event, so the film festival was split into two days. Arkansas Short Films, The Extended Cut, was…
by Cary Jenkins January 23, 2022Over the past few years that I've been following him on Facebook, writer-director Paul Schrader (2017's "First Reformed," 1976's "Taxi Driver") has developed i…
by Philip Martin January 21, 2022In a peculiar, and potentially system-disrupting era, in which it seems only the most blockbustery intellectual property (RE: "Spider-Man" and subsidiaries) su…
by Piers Marchant January 21, 2022January is when movie fans typically find the menu of theatrical offerings a bit thin. Christmas release season is over, and summer blockbusters are months awa…
by Courtney Lanning January 21, 2022For a variety of reasons, I ended up screening Joel Coen's first solo effort, sans his brother and longtime partner, Ethan, over the course of a fitful night o…
by Piers Marchant January 21, 2022The problem with setting a movie in Versailles is that the architecture and the landscape overwhelm any humans walking on the ground.
by Dan Lybarger January 21, 2022For movie fans, awards season should be fun. It's the time when we get to focus on movies, specifically those considered by many to be the best from the previo…
by Keith Garlington Special to the Democrat -Gazette January 21, 2022In 1850, in the midst of the California Gold Rush, Angel (Abigail Cow-en) and Michael (Tom Lewis) embark on a romance that “clashes with … harsh realities” in …
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by Philip Martin January 21, 2022After a month at No. 1, "Spider-Man: No Way Home" has finally been overtaken at the box office. Paramount Pictures' "Scream" reboot debuted with $30.6 million …
by DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE PRESS SERVICES January 21, 2022If you think there are too many remakes out there, you might want to blame William Shakespeare.
by Dan Lybarger January 21, 2022"The Last Thing Mary Saw" (not rated, 1 hour, 29 minutes, Shudder) This intriguing, dread-infused horror film interweaves the complexities of religion and inde…
by Karen Martin January 21, 2022The film critic is sitting there at his desk, right? And he's thinking about the movie he just watched, the super-self-conscious installment of an old horror f…
by Piers Marchant January 14, 2022The late Sidney Poitier became a movie star at a time when Hollywood tended to relegate Black actors to roles as servants, appearing for just a scene or two, o…
by Noel Murray The New York Times January 14, 2022