Netflix has released a trailer for the long-delayed The Woman in the Window ahead of its arrival on the streaming service this May. Directed by Joe Wright, the film stars Amy Adams as an agoraphobic child psychologist who finds her life turned upside down when she witnesses a brutal crime through the windows of her […]
Movie Review – French Exit (2020)
French Exit, 2020.Directed by Azazel Jacobs. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Valerie Mahaffey, Susan Coyne, Imogen Poots and Danielle McDonald.SYNOPSIS:Frances Price (Michelle Pfeiffer) is broke. With her reluctant son Malcolm (Lucas Hedges) in tow, she settles on a plan to vacation in Paris.This quaint character piece from the pen of Booker Prize nominee […]
Movie Review – French Exit (2021)
French Exit, 2021.Directed by Azazel Jacobs. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Valerie Mahaffey, Susan Coyne, Imogen Poots, Danielle Macdonald, Isaach De Bankolé, Daniel DiTomasso, Eddie Holland, Matt Holland, Christine Lan, Robert Higden, and Larry Day.SYNOPSIS:An aging Manhattan socialite living on what’s barely left of her inheritance moves to a small apartment in Paris […]
Movie Review – French Exit (2020)
French Exit, 2020.Directed by Azazel Jacobs. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Valerie Mahaffey, Imogen Poots, Danielle Macdonald, Susan Coyne and Tracy Letts.SYNOPSIS:A previously wealthy widow and her son travel to Paris with the last of their money, and the cat whose body she claims her husband occupies.Highbrow quirk is an interesting thing. From its elegantly […]
DVD Review – The Big Short (2015)
The Big Short, 2015. Directed by Adam McKay. Starring Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt, Finn Wittrock, Max Greenfield, Melissa Leo, Rafe Spall, Hamish Linklater, Tracy Letts, John Magaro, Jeremy Strong, Marissa Tomei, Karen Gillan, Stanley Wong, Byron Mann, Margot Robbie, and Selena Gomez. SYNOPSIS: Four denizens of the world of high-finance predict […]
55th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Ford v Ferrari, 2019.Directed by James Mangold. Starring Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Tracy Letts, Caitriona Balfe, Noah Jupe, Scott Rapp, Josh Lucas, Ray McKinnon, Stefania Spampinato, Wyatt Nash, Wallace Langham, Dallas Chandler, Jonathan LaPaglia, and Rudolf Martin.SYNOPSIS:American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physics and […]
Movie Review – Little Women (2019)
Little Women, 2019.Directed by Great Gerwig Starring Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern, Tracy Letts, James Norton, Chris Cooper, Louis Garrel, Bob Odenkirk, and Meryl StreepSYNOPSIS:Four uniquely individual sisters navigate their way through life in post-Civil War America.The question to be asked of any text that has been adapted for […]
Sundance London 2016 Review – Indignation (2016)
Indignation, 2016.Directed by James Schamus. Starring Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Tracy Letts and Linda Emond. SYNOPSIS:Teenager Marcus Messer (Logan Lerman) comes from a working class Jewish family and enrolls at college to avoid the draft. Studious and solitary, he’s inexperienced in the ways of the world until he meets the beautiful Olivia (Sarah Gadon). Their one and only […]
Sundance London 2016 Review – Wiener-Dog (2016)
Wiener-Dog,2016.Directed by Todd Solondz. Starring Greta Gerwig, Brie Larson, Julie Delpy, Kieran Culkin, Zosia Mamet, Danny DeVito, Ellen Burstyn, and Tracy Letts.SYNOPSIS:Four stories linked by a single dog. The affluent family who takes in the dog but can’t look after it. The veterinary nurse who takes it on a road trip. The university lecturer who […]
Movie Review – Le Mans ’66 (2019)
Le Mans ’66 (a.k.a. Ford v Ferrari), 2019. Directed by James Mangold. Starring Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Josh Lucas, Caitriona Balfe, Tracy Letts, Jon Bernthal, Noah Jupe, JJ Feild, Ray McKinnon and Remo Girone. SYNOPSIS: American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physics and their own personal […]
