I Want to Talk is the only Abhishek Bachchan movie releasing in theatres this year. Directed by Shoojit Sircar, the trailer received immense appreciation. Shoojit earlier worked with Amitabh Bachchan in Piku. Therefore, moviegoers anticipate an equally impactful story in this Abhishek starrer. So is the movie worth watching on the big screen? Continue reading … Read more
It’s commonplace to acknowledge Clint Eastwood as one of the most distinctive and original political filmmakers. What’s surprising about his new film, “Juror #2,” is that the politics it brings to life is essentially, and forcefully, anti-political. It’s a brisk and engaging courtroom-centered (but not courtroom-bound) thriller to which Eastwood, at the age of ninety-four, … Read more
No one in the world loves Casa Bonita as much as Trey Parker, and it’s not even close. That much is clear after watching a 90-minute documentary called “¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!,” which follows the co-creator of “South Park” and partner Matt Stone on a journey to reopen the beloved Lakewood restaurant they visited as … Read more
A hidden gem of nostalgia and adventure lies in the vast expanse of the San Luis Valley and endless stretches of open road: a restored drive-in movie theater that offers accommodations for overnight stays. Far from city lights, the Frontier Drive-Inn in Center is a cinematic sanctuary, a testament to a bygone era. Originally called … Read more
There’s some quietly ferocious, fiercely expressive dialogue in the playwright Annie Baker’s first feature, “Janet Planet,” and several moments of imaginative sublimity. The movie is a passionate and finely nuanced view of the tense and powerful bond between a mother and a daughter who are living together in relative isolation. For better and worse, it’s … Read more
Movies that rely on symbolism usually do so through conspicuous artifice, whether that of high style (Hitchcock, Hawks, Wes Anderson) or of rigorous reserve (Michelangelo Antonioni, Alain Resnais). But in “Naked Acts,” the first and (to date) only feature by Bridgett M. Davis, a complex symbolic dimension comes to the screen under the guise of … Read more
Donât trust the credits. Just as producer credits are sometimes handed out like bonuses, screenwriter credits often fail to reflect work that directors do on scripts they shoot. But one of the most notable uncredited contributions to a screenplay is that of a performer. The writing credits for the French director Bertrand Tavernierâs 1986 jazz … Read more
Fantasy comes in many forms, and one of them arises when a work of scrupulous realism strains plausibility to the point that it plays like mere wish fulfillment. The German director Wim Wenders’s latest film, “Perfect Days” (which opens Wednesday), is such a work. Set in Tokyo, it’s a story about a man who’s a … Read more
