★★★ Imagine. You wait 23 years for Hollywood to carbon copy a Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders animation in live action form and two come along at the same time. And they say creativity is
The title of this blog post is generally good advice — however, I have elected to do the opposite. Yes, folks, after many years of office jobs, contract positions, and corporate roles, I’m hanging up
It’s a joy to hear Ossie Davis tell the origin story of his 57-year partnership with Ruby Dee. “I married for money,” he states with a glint of good humor in his eyes. The tale,
Wes Anderson, perhaps America’s most chic director, has returned to once again give us a little bit more of what we love so much or despise depending on who you’re talking to. You know the
Today, we celebrate Juneteenth, a national holiday commemorating the end of slavery for African Americans. Although President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, with it to take effect in January of
Although the documentary section of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival often seemed to dominate the proceedings, there were a number of notable narrative items as well and one of them even turned to be one
Over 12 days, the 2025 edition of New York’s Tribeca Film Festival screened 118 feature films, 93 of them premieres, featuring titles from all over the world and covering pretty much every imaginable genre and
What a strange year it’s been. As the divisions in the country continue to widen, people turned to a truly strong year for film and television, but even that unfolded in the shadow of industry
“We’re all dying the minute we’re born. Goes fast. Don’t waste it. Don’t waste it.” These words, muttered by Harris Yulin’s terminally ill retiree Buddy Fixer in the fourth season of Netflix’s crime drama “Ozark,”
Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic Dune and its sequels are notoriously challenging to adapt. Critics met David Lynch’s 1984 “Dune” film with scorn, calling it an inscrutable mess with no clear vision–Roger Ebert said everything from