A Round-up of New Movies in Theaters, Online and Available for Home Viewing

'Monica'

‘Monica’

Acceptance, reconciliation and forgiveness are arguably among the hardest feelings for many of us to deal with, but coming to ...
'Asteroid City'

‘Asteroid City’

Writer-director Wes Anderson has lost his way, and this film proves it. I realize that the auteur’s signature style of ...
'Concerned Citizen' ('Ezrah Mudag')

‘Concerned Citizen’ (‘Ezrah Mudag’)

A desire for creating surroundings that are nice, tidy and pleasant is certainly laudable, but what if that drive for ...
'Past Lives'

‘Past Lives’

As the son of parents who were childhood sweethearts/soul mates, I tend to be a sucker for movie romances that ...
'You Hurt My Feelings'

‘You Hurt My Feelings’

One thing for sure you can say about the films of writer-director Nicole Holofcener is that they’re rarely what you ...
'Being Mary Tyler Moore'

‘Being Mary Tyler Moore’

To say that iconic actress/dancer/comedienne Mary Tyler Moore was a gifted, complicated, reserved, often-misunderstood individual is indeed an understatement. However, ...
'The Worst Ones' ('Les pires')

‘The Worst Ones’ (‘Les pires’)

At the risk of sounding snarky, the title of this debut feature from writer-directors Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret could ...
'Everything Went Fine' ('Tout s'est bien passé')

‘Everything Went Fine’ (‘Tout s’est bien passé’)

Questions related to assisted suicide and the right to die have been debated hotly for decades, and proponents on each ...
'Film, the Living Record of Our Memory'

‘Film, the Living Record of Our Memory’

Film has become so pervasive in our society that we tend to take it for granted. From big screen blockbusters ...