At my first Fantastic Fest, I’ve been struck by the quality of the programming. Where else can you see the…
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If Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert were the two stars of “Siskel & Ebert at the Movies,” the intimate movie…
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The name “Zack Snyder” evokes a range of emotions, depending on the person: boredom, excitement, dashed hopes, bewilderment. Many of…
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For movies and TV shows set in our modern era, who are the best (or should I say worst?) real-life…
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Set in 1964 and 1965, “The Featherweight” is a stylistically daring movie about an aging real-life boxer, Willie Pep (James…
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Larry Karaszewski remembers it like it was yesterday. He and his writing partner, Scott Alexander, were having lunch in the…
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A year ago, I wrote about the real challenges the Toronto International Film Festival has faced in trying to reclaim its spot…
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The revelation that purple-suited witch Agatha Harkness was the secret antagonist of “WandaVision” was a pleasantly surprising twist for the…
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The notion of a Batman show without the Batman is nothing new—we’re decades now into a bevy of largely unsuccessful…
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There’s something twisty in the air. There were a number of films at TIFF this year that were designed to…
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