Is “Lady Bird” too girly to win Best Picture?
For a while, it seemed like “Lady Bird” had a good chance. The critical reviews were rapturous and the narrative behind the film was easy to cheer...
There is a dramatic photo of a forest dripping with sunlight that’s put next to a photo of a bottle of medication or a handful of pills with text reading, “This is an antidepressant, this is a lifetime...
No film this year has quite captured the zeitgeist of how it felt to be living in 2017 like “Get Out.” The film was certainly one of the year’s biggest surprises: released unceremoniously in February,...
In one pivotal scene of “Phantom Thread,” a beguiling and clever new film from writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson, a character asks, “What precisely is the nature of my game?” In the context...
Abravanel Visiting Distinguished Composers Series: Yu-Hui Chang
Donít miss composer Yu-Hui Chang on Monday, Feb. 26, at 7:30 p.m. as she performs at Dumke Recital Hall. Chang has written a wide range...
In the invigorating, infuriating and fascinating film “Dunkirk,” director Christopher Nolan seems to break a cardinal rule of storytelling: the characters are nearly impossible to tell apart. At the...
What is a B-movie? Most people would describe it as a bad movie or — sometimes — a movie that is “so bad it’s good.” This isn’t quite right.
B-movies came about during the 1920s to 1950s...
In tracking the ways public perception of LGBT issues have changed over the past few decades, one could do worse than looking at the history of the Academy Awards. With a few notable exceptions, LGBT representation...
Warning: This review contains spoilers for “The Shape of Water.”
In the surprising, sublime film “The Shape of Water,” every moment is rife with contradiction. This is a movie that looks...
Warning: This review contains mild spoilers for “Darkest Hour.”
Most awards seasons a film comes around that seems to be so catered to Oscar voters’ tastes that it is almost comical. These films...
