If it’s July, it must be the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival—the 39th edition this year. And as always,…
Film
The build up to the 2019 version of The Lion King seemed to escape the blowback on remakes (especially the…
Bob Dylan could be a character in a Martin Scorsese movie. A prickly, emotionally complex, slightly shady artist who might…
In Ari Aster’s “Midsommar,” the hills are alive with the sound of music (literally!). The hills of Sweden warp to the…
When I got home from my 7 o’clock screening, the power in my neighborhood went out. Under normal circumstances this would…
**Warning: The following review contains spoilers for Avengers: Endgame.** Welcome back to the MCU. Just as a reminder we’re living…
“If you’re going to San Francisco/be sure to wear flowers in your hair” the song goes. The reality is, if you’re…
When Toy Story 4 was first announced, a vocal group on Twitter seemed to all say the same thing…”why?” The…
There’s a lot of late nights in “Late Night,” a comedy about talk show hosts. Late nights be damned, this film is…
A great film helps us escape reality. But some films go further. Some films are lucky enough to see their…
As of this writing, “Booksmart,” Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut (starring Jonah Hill’s sister, the luminous Beanie Feldstein) is sporting an…
It’s a great week to be a dog lover at the movies. There’s puppy reincarnation in “A Dog’s Purpose” and…
Again with the Shakespeare, Kenneth Branagh! This time it’s not a movie version of a work by the bard, but…
“Little Woods” is writer and director Nia DaCosta’s debut film about two sisters in rural South Dakota struggling to make…