Feeling blue about ‘Avatar’ being No. 1
It’s happening. Right now. The film world is turning a corner. The industry has known for a long while that you sell more tickets with a sequel than...
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Narcissism at center of indie film
Playing at Cinema Center this weekend, the indie dramedy When You Finish Saving the World stars Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard as Ziggy Katz, a high...
Spielberg shines at Golden Globes
After taking last year off, and after losing just about any credibility the organization had remaining, the Golden Globes Awards returned this month...
Better writing could help dull doll thriller
Dolls are creepy. Between the lifeless porcelain-eyed gaze and the unnatural permanent smile, it’s no surprise that filmmakers have gotten plenty of...
Expect cold returns on winter movies
In last week’s column, I wrote about some of the more exciting films we know are coming out over the course of 2023. For a less slanted perspective,...
Counting down top movies of 2022
Audiences slowly, but surely, began venturing back out to theaters worldwide in 2022, giving the movie industry a much needed bounce back after the...
Lot of films to look forward to this year
The most labor-intensive edition of ScreenTime I write each year tends to be the first column, when I attempt to look at the year ahead and make predictions...
Whodunit sequel exceeds predecessor
After delivering a modern whodunit classic with Knives Out a few years ago, writer/director Rian Johnson captures lightning in a bottle again with...
Box office gold in 2022 was fool’s gold
In my very expert opinion, 2022 will go down as a good year for television, a (surprisingly) great year for music (especially non-mainstream hip-hop),...
Acclaimed director swings, misses
After winning Academy awards for Best Director back-to-back years for Birdman and The Revenant, Alejandro González Iñárritu had doors open to him in...
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