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GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

November 22, 2022 By Leave a Comment

GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

At one point during Rian Johnson’s GLASS ONION, one of the character wails “What is reality?” It’s a fair question considering the plot twist that has just been revealed to the suitably colorful cast of characters, and one that neatly sums up why Mr. Johnson’s second installment in the casebook of Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig)… Read More »

Tagged With: conspicuous excess, Greek island, murder, mystery, private island

SEE HOW THEY RUN

September 19, 2022 By 1 Comment

SEE HOW THEY RUN

SEE HOW THEY RUN is a handsomely mounted period piece with a clever premise undermined by an irksome dithering about its tone and a rampant directorial lethargy. Calling out tropes from cinema and literary mysteries with the sort of wild abandon from which the pacing would have profited, this uneven comedy takes us to 1953,… Read More »

Tagged With: Agatha Christie, detective, farce, London, murder, mystery, neophyte, screenwriter, theater

VENGEANCE

July 29, 2022 By 1 Comment

VENGEANCE

Ostensibly a mystery, and a nifty one at that, VENGEANCE is much more. BJ Novak has spun a savage takedown of the media and elite presumptions, but one that is also considered, literate, and even a bit compassionate. At least on the level of allowing redemption of sorts for the silly creatures called human beings… Read More »

Tagged With: Brooklyn hipster, Chekov, murder, mystery, oil field, overdose, Texas

WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING

July 16, 2022 By 1 Comment

WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING

One senses that the novel of the same name on which WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING possessed some lovely prose. Certainly, when the narration includes lines from the book, there is the dark poetic ring of classic Southern Gothic reverberating from the musings on death intoned by the adult version of Kya (Daisy Edgar-Jones). Whatever philosophical… Read More »

Tagged With: bullying, child abuse, classism, disappointing men, marsh, murder, mystery, North Carolina, swamp, trial

KNIVES OUT

November 28, 2019 By Leave a Comment

KNIVES OUT

KNIVES OUT takes a brisk pace with its cinematic legerdemain as its cast expertly calibrate their performances so that arch never strays into the certain disaster of becoming artificial. The result is a giddily entertaining, emotionally engaging film that sets a new standard for its genre, and, if there is any justice, will launch the Benoit Blanc franchise.

Tagged With: class system, gentleman detective, immigration, mystery, whodunit

A SIMPLE FAVOR

September 15, 2018 By Leave a Comment

A SIMPLE FAVOR

With A SIMPLE FAVOR, Paul Feig takes a very dark turn into neo-noir by way of a deliciously wicked social satire.  There’s nary a hard-boiled detective in sight, but at the center of the film’s mystery, there is an enigmatic femme fatale to rival any from the golden age of that genre. The humor, courtesy… Read More »

Tagged With: disappearance, Mommy Culture, mystery, suburbia, Vlog

A FANTASTIC WOMAN — Daniela Vega and Sebastián Lelio Interview

February 15, 2018 By 1 Comment

A FANTASTIC WOMAN — Daniela Vega and Sebastián Lelio Interview

Click here to listen to the interview. When I spoke with Chile’s Sebastián Lelio and Daniela Vega for the Oscar-nominated A FANTASTIC WOMAN on January 9th, 2018, I started with the obvious question, why a film with a transgender protagonist, and why Daniela, who started the project as a consultant before becoming its star. We… Read More »

Tagged With: Chilean cinema, cis-gender, discrimination, drama, love story, magical realism, music, mystery, prejudice, transgender

THE COMMUTER

January 11, 2018 By Leave a Comment

THE COMMUTER

It’s all about what you want from a Liam Neeson action flick. That and managing expectations. Will it be great art?  Probably not. Will it be fun?  Maybe.  In this case, it is. In THE COMMUTER, Neeson is an ordinary ex-cop turned insurance salesman named Mike, living paycheck to paycheck with his beloved wife (Elizabeth… Read More »

Tagged With: blackmail, firing, mystery, train crash

LOVING VINCENT

October 22, 2017 By 1 Comment

LOVING VINCENT

The subjects of Vincent Van Gogh’s masterpieces come to startling, vivid, and enchanting life in LOVING VINCENT, a film of enormous beauty and sharp insight. Created by rotoscoping actors, and then painting each animation cell by hand in oils, the result is an immersive experience of how the artist saw the world while also questioning… Read More »

Tagged With: Armand Roulin, Auvers-sure-Oise, Dr. Gachet, hand-painted animation, mystery, oil painting, suicide, Theo Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh

THE VOID

April 7, 2017 By Leave a Comment

THE VOID

THE VOID is a beautifully executed horror film that pays homage to the genre’s roots while carving out its own enigmatically creepy mythos.  Playing on such familiar tropes as the deserted farmhouse, the dark basement, and an axe swung with abandon, it takes place over the course of one night in a soon-to-be abandoned hospital… Read More »

Tagged With: cult, horror, hospital, mystery, suspense, tentacles

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