With Lake George, Jeffrey Reiner makes his first independent film as a writer and director since the 1990s, after a quarter century of directing small-screen projects. The director cited formative viewing of classic film noir on television as an inspiration, but this twisted tale feels more like the late Ross Macdonald’s melancholic fairy tales – … Read more
The plague of missing and murdered indigenous women, long ignored and underappreciated across North America, has become more widely recognized in recent years, thanks to the depiction of awareness in everything from episodic television shows to feature films to award-winning documentaries. Awards. But rarely has barbarism been shown so brutally and poignantly as in “Missing … Read more
I’m perfectly capable of enjoying the Lindsay Lohan Netflix rom-com. Last year, I liked the song “Irish Wish” and had a remix because of it. (I’m on the side of affection.) But “Our Little Secret,” Lohan’s new Christmas romantic comedy, is crumpled tinsel of a different order. I’m inclined to say it achieves the complete … Read more
The Thai blockbuster How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies is an emotional comedy-drama that blends filial piety and greedy schemes to a multi-faceted conclusion. Filled with family complications, the film revolves around a sluggish young adult who leaves his not-so-prosperous toy-picking career to care for his terminally ill grandmother. The smoothly crafted and leisurely … Read more