Ernest Hemingway’s “Across the River and Into the Trees” is rarely mentioned among the American writer’s more celebrated works. But it’s one I hold a special affection for. The work was first serialized in 1950 for Cosmopolitan magazine before being published as a novel later that year. Despite being met with negative reviews from the … Continue reading
These days there are few things more acidic than modern day politics. To be fair, politics have always been competitive and sometimes contentious. But there was a time when rival parties good duke it out in the hallowed halls of Washington DC and then have drinks together afterwards. I may be wrong, but we seem … Continue reading
Looking for a much-needed fresh start, a struggling single mother named Ebony Jackson (Andra Day) moves her three children to a new house in Pittsburgh. That opens up the story of “The Deliverance”, the latest film from director Lee Daniels that happens to be one of most baffling movies of the year. What starts out … Continue reading
Kino Lorber Studio Classics is bringing Jean-Luc Godard’s influential classic “Alphaville” to home video in an exciting new 4K Ultra HD edition. It features an HDR/ Dolby Vision master by StudioCanal – from a 4K scan of the original camera negative. Mixing heady science-fiction with classic noir, “Alphaville” is considered a signature film of the … Continue reading
Hollywood has been serving up the serial killer movies as of late. In the last few weeks we’ve gotten NEON’s extraordinary “Longlegs”, the not nearly as good “Crescent City”, and M. Knight Shyamalan’s “Trap” which falls somewhere in between. Now we can add a new one to the bunch. “Strange Darling” is the sophomore effort … Continue reading
Zoë Kravitz makes her feature film directorial debut with “Blink Twice”, a movie built upon a few interesting ideas but without enough original ones of its own. What is intended to be a firm statement of gender dynamics and empowerment ends up being a hollow and borderline exploitative exercise that’s nowhere near the clever and … Continue reading
Keith & the Movies 