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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
Ghetto (2002) William Wolf Click here to see review
Posted Jan 29, 2019  Edit critic review
A
Art Bastard (2016) William Wolf Scintillating, visually splendid look at the life and satirical work of socially conscious, talented and articulate art rebel Robert Cenedella, with vast array of his work shown.
Posted May 30, 2016  Edit critic review
A
Song of Lahore (2015) William Wolf Inviting documentary about discovered jazz group in Pakistan traveling to New York to find success playing in a concert with Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center orchestra.
Posted May 23, 2016  Edit critic review
A
Weiner (2016) William Wolf A documentary as remarkable as it is sad as it explores the self-destruction of politician Anthony Weiner as a result of his repeatedly sending pictures of his sexual equipment to woman, thereby becoming a laughing stock and facing a ruined carer.
Posted May 20, 2016  Edit critic review
A -
Love & Friendship (2016) William Wolf Whit Stillman's adaptation of Jane Austen's novella "Lady Susan" wittily details hunts for husbands, conniving and amusing intrigues with colorful cast highlighted by Kate Beckinsale as Lady Susan.
Posted May 13, 2016  Edit critic review
B
The Lobster (2015) William Wolf Fantasy film in which people who remain single have deadline to marry or be turned into animals. Droll idea wears thin after a while, but there is often entertaining humor, romance and rebellion along the way.
Posted May 13, 2016  Edit critic review
A
Sunset Song (2015) William Wolf Visually and spiritually stunning drama with roots before World War I as courageous young woman on farm in northern Scotland struggles through life and the outside events that have their effect.
Posted May 13, 2016  Edit critic review
A
Money Monster (2016) William Wolf Jodie Foster-directed suspense drama clicks with charismatic George Clooney as flamboyant TV money show expert whose life is threatened on the air when an armed loser whose stocks tanked demands the truth of what went wrong.
Posted May 13, 2016  Edit critic review
A
Rabin in His Own Words (2015) William Wolf Compelling documentary look at assassinated Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin, told extensively via comments by him and assorted film clips, all set in the context of the time and issues involved.
Posted May 06, 2016  Edit critic review
B-
Mothers and Daughters (2016) William Wolf Mother and daughter issues resolved in soap opera confrontations, mostly over Skype or phone. Little emotional impact, save for one bit by excellent Susan Sarandon.
Posted May 06, 2016  Edit critic review
A -
Dark Horse (2015) William Wolf Locals in depressed town in Wales train race horse that achieves steeplechase fame against the odds. Documentary based on a true story of working class triumph.
Posted May 06, 2016  Edit critic review
A -
Dheepan (2015) William Wolf Three Sri Lankans form fake family to escape and get to France to start a new life, but drug dealing and gang warfare in the projects to which they are assigned threaten.
Posted May 06, 2016  Edit critic review
B-
A Bigger Splash (2015) William Wolf Renowned rock stars (Tilda Swinton) recovering from throat surgery and her lover vacation on exotic Italian island when her former lover (Ralph Fiennes) arrives. Passions heat up in march to tragedy, but apart from enjoying the cast, will anybody care?
Posted May 04, 2016  Edit critic review
A-
Dough (2015) William Wolf Good-hearted and enjoyable if cliched tale of Jewish kosher baker in London whose Muslim assistant bakes with drugs in dough as business booms , trouble looms and Jewish-Muslim understanding blooms. Nicely acted.
Posted Apr 29, 2016  Edit critic review
F
Mother's Day (2016) William Wolf So terrible it could be reason to cancel the national holiday. A mess with multiple subplots mixing feeble efforts at comedy with gushy sentimentality and embarrassment to noted cast, including Jennnifer Aniston, Kate Hudson and Julia Roberts.`
Posted Apr 29, 2016  Edit critic review
A -
Papa: Hemingway in Cuba (2015) William Wolf First Hollywood movie filmed in Castor's Cuba. Based on true story, journalist befriended by Ernest Hemingway is invited to the author's home, where he witnesses writer's suicidal downs and turbulent marriage, while Castro revolution rages.
Posted Apr 29, 2016  Edit critic review
A -
Streit's: Matzo and the American Dream (2015) William Wolf Fascinating documentary about the Streit's matzo company and those who founded and operated it with an attempt to keep up the family tradition and the final need to shift to the suburbs after decades on New York's Lower East Side.
Posted Apr 18, 2016  Edit critic review
c minus
Green Room (2015) William Wolf Awful bloody and bloody awful horror film, with members of a punk band getting a gig that turns lethal and fighting for survival against a criminal skinhead gang.
Posted Apr 15, 2016  Edit critic review
A
The Measure of a Man (2015) William Wolf Superb performance by French actor Vincent Lindon as an unemployed husband and father landing a job he desperately needs but is faced with a moral decision as workers are pitted against each other.
Posted Apr 15, 2016  Edit critic review
c
The Boss (2016) William Wolf Melissa McCarthy does her comic shtick as an ego-driven woman who gets rich with a business venture, loses it all and must start over and become a better person. Inane screenplay with laughs here and there.
Posted Apr 10, 2016  Edit critic review
B +
Look at Us Now, Mother! (2015) William Wolf Documentary explores stormy mother-daughter relationship and what happens when there is an effort to get together and breach the problems. Ultimately entertaining and insightful.
Posted Apr 10, 2016  Edit critic review
A
Back Home (2015) William Wolf Mature, complex story of family trying to deal with death of the wife-mother (played by Isabelle Huppert), a war photographer who survived fighting only to die in a suburban car crash. Excellent performances all around.
Posted Apr 10, 2016  Edit critic review
C
Demolition (2015) William Wolf Jake Gyllenhaal plays husband who is unable to grieve after the death of his wife and becomes manic until he can break through. Unbelievable plot and antics.
Posted Apr 10, 2016  Edit critic review
A
Applause (2009) William Wolf The year is young but we already have a great new performance by actress Paprika Steen in this riveting Danish import
Posted Apr 07, 2016  Edit critic review
A
Standing Tall (2015) William Wolf Catherine Deneuve in one of her best performances as a sympathetic judge determined to help an obstreperous, perpetual teen delinquent, brilliantly played by Rod Paradot, change his life. Upsetting but constantly compelling
Posted Apr 01, 2016  Edit critic review
B
Miles Ahead (2016) William Wolf Don Cheadle plays famous musician Miles Davis, as well as co-authors the screenplay and directs the film.. It's mainly his show as the biopic energetically plunges into Davis' ups and downs and self-destructiveness.
Posted Apr 01, 2016  Edit critic review
B-
Valley of Love (2015) William Wolf Watching stars Gerard Depardieu, a gross hunk but with a sensitive face, and Isabelle Huppert is entertaining. The plot involving estranged parents and their gay son who killed himself is a bore.
Posted Mar 25, 2016  Edit critic review
B+
I Saw the Light (2015) William Wolf When Tom Hiddleston sings as Hank Willilams, the country star who died at 29, the film lights up. Otherwise it is a familiar biopic slog of women, booze and self-distructiveness.
Posted Mar 25, 2016  Edit critic review
A -
Lolo (2014) William Wolf July Delpy directs and stars in an entertaining story spiked with comedy and malice. As divorced Violette she needs a man, but her fiercely jealous son Lolo plots to undermine every relationship, including the latest with a nice-guy computer expert.
Posted Mar 11, 2016  Edit critic review
B
Remember (2015) William Wolf Christopher Plummer as a man losing his memory but armed and sent on a mission to find a Nazi war criminal. Good performances and the subject hold interest but the plot and twist ending are hard to believe.
Posted Mar 11, 2016  Edit critic review
A
Eye in the Sky (2015) William Wolf Tense drama about effort to kill an enemy with a drone but mission is stalled because a little girl on the ground is in the way. Helen Mirren excellent as military officer in charge.
Posted Mar 11, 2016  Edit critic review
A
Marguerite (2015) William Wolf Inspired by a real lAmerican story, "Marguerite" shifts the tale to France. Wealthy woman longs to sing opera and becomes a laughing stock for off-key concerts. Who will tell her the truth? Eleganly told with brilliant performance by Catherine Frot.
Posted Mar 11, 2016  Edit critic review
A -
Colliding Dreams (2015) William Wolf Extensive exploration of the history and meaning of Zionism leading to state of Israel and the conflicting desires of Israelis and Palestinians, humanized with interviews and films clips, historical and contemporary.
Posted Mar 04, 2016  Edit critic review
A -
Mountains May Depart (2015) William Wolf A well-acted, picturesque Chinese soap opera that nails changes in China over the years, especially toward the kind of materialism affecting its characters and by implication reflecting China's new financial status in the world.
Posted Feb 12, 2016  Edit critic review
A
A War (2015) William Wolf Moral complications that can arise from any war, but one especially wasteful and impossible to win, are devastatingly captured in the morass of Afghanistan as Danish soldier faces charges back home of killing civilians.
Posted Feb 12, 2016  Edit critic review
D
Zoolander No. 2 (2016) William Wolf Loud, brash, thundering, visually oppressive and mentally challenged mess of a sequel satirizing fashion but without the level of the entertaining best parts of the original..
Posted Feb 12, 2016  Edit critic review
A
Hail, Caesar! (2016) William Wolf Writer--director brothers Joel and Ethan Coen affectionately spoof old Hollywood and its movies in a clever well-cast and well-acted satire that should especially delight film buffs but also entertain others not clued into the witty references.
Posted Feb 06, 2016  Edit critic review
A
The Club (2015) William Wolf Priests guilty of sexual abuse and exiled to a beachfront village in Chile are self-righteous instead of repentant and face scrutiny by an Vatican emissary. An incisive plunge into immorality under the guise of religion.
Posted Feb 05, 2016  Edit critic review
A
Rams (2015) William Wolf Sheep-raising brothers in Iceland who haven't spoken to each other in 40 years battle the authorities who want to destroy their sheep as a result of spreading disease. Different and engrossing.
Posted Feb 03, 2016  Edit critic review
A -
Rabin, the Last Day (2015) William Wolf Mix of dramatization and documentary clips vividly explores the forces of hatred that led to the 1995 assassination of Israeli prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the troubled aftermath.
Posted Jan 30, 2016  Edit critic review
B
The Finest Hours (2016) William Wolf High marks for exciting depiction in 3D Imax of ocean rescue during turbulent storm off Chatham< Massachusetts, based on a real event, but otherwise undercut by cliched romance involving the woman who waits ashore for her man.
Posted Jan 29, 2016  Edit critic review
A -
Requiem for the American Dream (2015) William Wolf Noam Chomsky, professor. social critic and writer, convincingly and disturbingly expounds on why the American Dream has collapsed as a result of increased concentration of wealth ad power.
Posted Jan 29, 2016  Edit critic review
B
In the Shadow of Women (2015) William Wolf Married French documentary filmmaker adds mistress and gives trouble to both. He's arrogant and not very attractive, so why do these women suffer the emotional pain that he inflicts?
Posted Jan 15, 2016  Edit critic review
B
Joy (2015) William Wolf Jennifer Lawrence is the main reason for watching this based-on-fact story of a divorced mom who invents a miracle mop and finds success despite skepticism of her mixed up family. Has its moments , but seems too far-fetched in the telling.
Posted Dec 25, 2015  Edit critic review
A
The Revenant (2015) William Wolf Expertly made western epic starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a legendary character leading fur hunters, but hard to watch because nobody is appealing and a succession of gruesome, bloody events.
Posted Dec 25, 2015  Edit critic review
A -
The Big Short (2015) William Wolf Dramatic tale of banking an investment scandal that enriched some but brought loss of homes, jobs and savings to victims, and a taxpayer bailout to institutions judged too big to fail.
Posted Dec 12, 2015  Edit critic review
B +
The Lady in the Van (2015) William Wolf Maggie Smith reprises her theater performance and is still triumphantly impressive in film version, which as a whole worked better as a play.
Posted Dec 04, 2015  Edit critic review
B-
Macbeth (2015) William Wolf Liberties taken with "based on" version of Shakespeare's work, with mixed results. Plenty of grubby atmosphere, but lacks literary impact. Best is title performance by Michael Fassbender.
Posted Dec 04, 2015  Edit critic review
A
The Danish Girl (2015) William Wolf Eddie Redmayne gives an emotionally affecting performance in a fact-based portrayal of one of the first to undergo transgender surgery, with Alicia Vikander superb as his supportive but conflicted wife.
Posted Nov 27, 2015  Edit critic review
B+
Censored Voices (2015) William Wolf Provocative Interview tapes recording views of Israeli soldiers after 1967 war, unreleased until now, are reviewed by notables who recorded them, with perspective adding impact.
Posted Nov 23, 2015  Edit critic review
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