Imagine a sour love child miraculously conceived by All About Eve’s Addison DeWitt and Laura’s Waldo Lydecker, with John Simon acting as midwife, and you’ll be prepared for Jamie Erskine, the fiercely intelligent, ruthlessly demanding main character played with an absolutely delicious glow by Ian McKellen In the movie “The Critic”. Directed by Anand Tucker … Read more
The action is hot but the dramatic temperature is different in “The Prosecutor,” a flashy mix of Hong Kong crime story and legal drama starring and directed by Donnie Yen (“Ip Man,” “John Wick: Chapter 4”) series. The veteran action star makes a convincing and engaging appearance as a cop who leaves his post to … Read more
Thirty-five years after When Harry Met Sally… asked the question of whether straight men and women can be friends without sex getting in the way, Matt and Mara reframes the question with even more fraught social stakes — which heightens the accompaniment And more than ever – a pertinent query about whether two neurotic writers … Read more
Tunisia submitted relatively few submissions for the International Academy Award, but thanks to director Kaouther Ben Hania, the country recently received a nomination for The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020) and a place on the shortlist for Four Girls. (2023). This year’s submission, Take My Breath, comes from another director, Nada Mazni Hafeez, but … Read more