In Good Time, there is only one way to read Connie’s Queens quest: that it’s his unchecked white privilege that causes him to literally hurt every person of color he comes across in the film.
All tagged Summer 2017
Movie Review: “Ingrid Goes West,” with Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Wyatt Russell, and Billy Magnussen
It’s easier than ever now to manufacture your own identity—and Ingrid Goes West understands how essential destruction is to creation.
Movie Review: “A Ghost Story,” with Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara
The lofty emotional ambitions of A Ghost Story are ultimately impossibly pretentious and frustratingly unclear. And yes, the off-screen crap of alleged sexual harasser Casey Affleckcasts a shadow over the film.
Movie Review: Documentary “City of Ghosts,” from filmmaker Matthew Heineman
City of Ghosts may be the most impactful documentary of the year, an examination of the rise of ISIS in Syria and the attempts by civilian journalists Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently to combat them.
Movie Review: “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” with Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, and Ethan Hawke
“What in the actual fuck?” is something I have written down in my Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets notes, and I don’t exactly know to what scene I was referring because I honestly could have been referring to any of them.
Movie Review: “Landline,” with Jenny Slate, Abby Quinn, John Turturro, Edie Falco, Jay Duplass, and Finn Wittrock
Landline never really clicks together, relying so often on ‘90s-themed backward-gazing that its family drama fails to set itself apart.
Winter Is Here: “Game of Thrones” returns with an endgame in motion
After so many warnings, winter is here in Game of Thrones. The white raven has been sent. The Citadel has spoken. And sweet summer children—well, who knows how many of them will live to see the next summer?
Movie Review: “The Big Sick,” with Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Anupam Kher, and Zenobia Shroff
The Big Sick is a film with an extremely particular religious and cultural point of view but universally honest, poignant things to say about love, and it is a soothing balm for the insanity of our world right now.
Movie Review: “Baby Driver,” with Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, Lily James, and Elina Gonzalez
Baby Driver leans into its own narrative with adrenaline and zeal, and you’ll feel it.