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Linklater and Powell Create a ‘Hit’ With Latest Release
“Hit Man” is the type of film they don’t make these days.
Music Biopics Endure – Though Many are Weak
This weekend, “Back to Black,” a biopic of the late, great R&B singer Amy Winehouse, opens in theaters to commercial intrigue and much critical chagrin. The music biopic has been a staple of the cinematic landscape over the last two decades.
The Pelham Picture House Plans Film Series That Debuts New and Surprising Movies
Longtime critic Stephen Whitty hosts The Film Club at The Picture House in Pelham.
Biggest, Buzziest Movies of the Summer
The summer movie season is not what it once was.
25 Years Ago, the Movies Were Great
Twenty-five years ago, it happened again. Throw in the anxieties over Y2K and the coming of the new millennium, and you had a rare breeding ground for artistic greatness.
“Passing” Stream 11/10 on Netflix
By Noah Gittell “Passing” is a complicated film. Based on a 1929 novella by Nella Larsen, it is the story of a Black woman who […]
AT THE MOVIES The Music Is the Message in “Bohemian Rhapsody”
AT THE MOVIES The Music Is the Message in “Bohemian Rhapsody” By Noah Gittell In 1980, the spoof “Airplane!” came out, and the air-disaster movie […]
AT THE MOVIES Redford’s Last Act Is a Low-Key Delight
AT THE MOVIES Redford’s Last Act Is a Low-Key Delight By Noah Gittell Some movies are like novels. They contain sprawling plots, multiple narrators, and […]
At the Movies “A Star is Born” Aims for the Stratosphere
At the Movies “A Star is Born” Aims for the Stratosphere By Noah Gittell Hollywood is built on myths of re-invention, so it seems only […]
AT THE MOVIES 9.28.18
AT THE MOVIES The Disappointments Pile Up in “White Boy Rick” By Noah Gittell Is Matthew McConaughey in need of another McConaissance already? After his […]