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Rocketman (2019)

Rocketman (2019)

This film chronicles a flamboyant, iconic singer from his meteoric rise to superstardom in the 1970s, to hitting rock bottom from sex and drugs and rock and roll, to...

Linda
The Invisibles (Die Unsichtbaren) (2017)

The Invisibles (Die Unsichtbaren) (2017)

Though there are countless dramas of Jewish people hiding in Europe during World War II, The Invisibles focuses on a select group that many (including myself) may not know...

Linda
Beautiful Boy (2018)

Beautiful Boy (2018)

In Beautiful Boy, a white, educated, liberal family finds themselves reeling as their “beautiful boy” perfect son throws all of his privilege out the windows and spirals into hard...

Linda
First Man (2018)

First Man (2018)

The thrilling and teeth-rattling opening sequence of First Man shows a test pilot in 1961 as he flies up to 140,000 feet, then almost doesn’t make it back. No,...

Linda
The Sisters Brothers (2018)

The Sisters Brothers (2018)

The opening sequence of The Sisters Brothers is visually striking in what you cannot see. In the distance, flashes of gunfire light up complete darkness. You make out that...

Linda
Life Itself (2018)

Life Itself (2018)

Remember when that certain type of commercial first debuted a dozen or so years ago? It would have a thoughtful yet warm voice over, shots of regular people doing...

Linda
Colette (2018)

Colette (2018)

In my 20s, I was backpacking through Europe, and made a stop to check out Paris’ Père Lachaise Cemetery, burial ground of a great many famous folks. You’d see...

Linda
On the Basis of Sex (2018)

On the Basis of Sex (2018)

Felicity Jones, in her first Big Time Starring Role, plays Ginsburg, and the film tracks her life and work from her first days at Harvard Law in 1956, where...

Vickie
Five Feet Apart (2019)

Five Feet Apart (2019)

In pop culture entertainment, success always spans copycats, and it seems especially so with young adult books and movies these days. From over-intellectualizing self-aware teens, to 16-year-olds struggling to...

Linda
Boy Erased (2018)

Boy Erased (2018)

Lucas Hedges stars as Jared Eamons, a happy if conflicted 19-year-old freshman and the son of devout Baptists Marshall (Russell Crowe) and Nancy (Nicole Kidman). But when Jared finds...

Vickie
A Private War (2018)

A Private War (2018)

Tracking the latter years of Colvin’s astonishing career with London’s Sunday Times and her collaboration with war photographer Paul Conroy (Jamie Dornan), the film follows the tenacious, seemingly fearless...

Vickie
Burning (Beoning) (2018)

Burning (Beoning) (2018)

Jong-su (Ah-In Yoo), an amiable slacker meets-cute with cute Hae-mi (Jong-seo Jeon) one day. He’s the kind of passive but friendly kind of guy who can get steamrolled by...

Linda