Some movies are torture. "Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar" is like jumping off a comedy cliff and finding yourself forever cringing in the world where jokes never land. Even Kristen Wiig can't save you. Some movies are about torture. THE MAURITANIAN is a film that doesn't tell us anything we didn't already [...]
The best reason to see this HULU feature film about iconic Jazz vocalist Billie Holiday is a galvanic performance by Grammy & now 2x Golden Globe-nominated singer/actress Andra Day in her first-ever big screen outing! Day has never acted before and has taken on an exceptionally demanding role as the legendary black artist whose story [...]
YOU ARE INVITED TO A FREE ADVANCE VIRTUAL SCREENING OF STX RELEASE: THE MAURITANIAN on Wednesday, February 24th at 7:00 PM EST! To RSVP to the advance screening, please visit: https://stxtickets.com/loEnL23846 *Please note: Your RSVP does not guarantee you a spot to view the screening. Approximately one hour before the screening starts, you will [...]
Is it something in the air? The latest movies have left me wanting. REUNION, a horror film out of New Zealand, starring Julia Ormond is one of the dreariest movies I've seen in a long time. Her character is living in a big, gloomy house stuffed with repressed memories and her aging husband, catatonic and [...]
At the end of 2020, a flood of movies was released all at once and it's time to catch up with the best. Among them, is a film based on Tony Award-winning playwright August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" starring Oscar-winner Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman in his final film performance which might [...]
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I have never understood what the color of a person's skin has to do with a person's character or worth. Color might indicate where someone or their ancestors originate; color most certainly signals how they have been treated in our pre-dominantly white culture. On MLK Day 2021, when a racial reckoning shakes loose yet another [...]
Happy New Year one and all. As I write this, I am consumed by so much raw emotion--outrage, disgust, sadness, cautious optimism, disbelief, frustration--that I have hardly been able to focus on writing movie reviews. It's difficult to pull myself away from the nightmare still unfolding. I am holding my breath in the days leading [...]
The two events I recommend here are among the most joyous presentations of the season, and are just as, if not more effective in virtual form! One marks its 5oth ANNIVERSARY this year, that medieval pageant celebrating the winter solstice known as THE CHRISTMAS REVELS. The second has been a classic on page, stage, and [...]
This Sunday December 13, the BSFC gathered for a meeting like no other: 7 HOURS on zoom where we applied 2020 hindsight to the hundreds of movies we were able to screen online this past year. We discussed, and kibitzed, and argued and discussed some more as we VOTED our year-end winners in 15 categories. [...]
