Peaky Blinders
Over the course of 14 years and six seasons, we followed a family of criminals in Birmingham who started out as a street gang after World War I, but who…
The Brutalist: After Buchenwald
Adrien Brody. Photo: A24 That running time may cause some hesitation. That’s not including a fifteen-minute long intermission that’s part of the film, like in the old days. I decided…
My Oscar Predictions 2025
We're one week away from the Oscars. What will the show look like this year? When the wildfires ravaged parts of greater Los Angeles, the impact was so devastating that…
Grand Budapest Hotel: Fighting a European Sickness
Ralph Fiennes. Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures In February 1942, the Jewish writer Stefan Zweig and his wife were found dead in Brazil after committing suicide. In his native Austria, World…
Predators
A group of killers, including a black ops soldier (Adrien Brody) who assumes leadership, are dropped into a jungle where they seem to be hunted by predatory aliens. Sounds like…
King Kong: An Affair to Remember
Photo: Universal The executives at Universal must have wondered if Peter Jackson had lost his mind. Directing a three-hour remake of an old, classic monster movie sounded like a stupid…
The Village
The people of a small, isolated Pennsylvania village have a special agreement with creatures that inhabit the surrounding woods, but an accident brings about changes... M. Night Shyamalan's first major…