The Zone of Interest (2023)
In my effort to watch all the Best Picture nominated movies for 2023, I suffered through this film. It was gray and depressing and underscored
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Who doesn’t love a Martin Scorsese movie? This movie is richly textured with great actors and a compelling story. Based on a true story and
Saltburn (2023)
Really rich people in a horror movie. Twisty. Creepy. Disturbing. Superbly crafted. This movie built up slowly to an ending that was both perverse and
American Fiction (2023)
I had a hard time getting past the flawed premise here: A black writer can’t sell his great American novel so he slaps together a
Barbie (2023)
This movie was one of the most confusing feminine manifestos I have ever witnessed. Of course, Margot Robbie was perfect in the role, and Kate
Maestro (2023)
If this movie had been about Felicia Montealegre it would have been interesting. But it wasn’t. It was about her narcissistic promiscuous husband who just
Nyad (2023)
This might be the best 2023 movie I saw. How Annette Benning made the narcissistic Diana Nyad such an interesting and likeable character is a
Napoleon (2023)
I LOVE Joaquin Phoenix. I think he is a superb actor. However, his performance in this movie left me bewildered. Was he playing Napoleon as
Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
This movie had a Hitchcockian feel to it. The majestic Alpine mountains give looming perspective to the intimate details of a marriage gone wrong. In
Leave the World Behind (2023)
Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke and Kevin Bacon. I would watch almost anything with that line up. This cautionary tale of an avoidable yet inevitable apocalypse