The release schedule for a new documentary series about Liv Ullmann worked great as I prepared for an upcoming trip to Scandinavia. My...

Some creative touches and a fine, final performance from Ed Asner help The Tiger Within take a bite out of teenage angst. Asner...

When a rom-com calls itself What’s Love Got to Do With It? you know the answer: everything. The rom-com genre sets forth rules and...

Baseball legend Yogi Berra never made one of his “isms” about having a chip on your shoulder—he seemed too nice for that. But his family...

The opera Carmen gets a quote “reimagining” in a new film with that title, jettisoning the classic stage numbers but maintaining tenuous...

Sports stories come with different approaches in current and upcoming projects about superstars like Yogi Berra, LeBron James, and...

We can all dream big, but few can transform those visions into reality as the subjects of the documentary Wild Life manage. The Free Solo...

Ashley Avis joins a controversy linked to Nevada in her new film Wild Beauty with the subtitle Mustang: Spirit of the West. Learning...

Agile, swift, strong, and graceful--these words describe Jackie Chan and the co-star who wants to upstage him in Ride On! Make that...

With insightful understanding, the movie Return to Seoul explores the lingering impacts of abandonment. Using an intriguing plot...

Since millions know the Boston Strangler really existed, my movie bull antenna start quivering when the new release by that name opens...

Anyone who cares about history, power struggles, great writing, deep insights, and qualities others might deem “BORING!” can only find...

The recent celebration of life I organized for my father makes me either the perfect or worst audience for One Fine Morning. Like the...

With a title emphasizing that her project takes an abrupt unpaved path from most movies in the “jaws and claws” or “chomp romp” genre,...

It took the best picture Oscar nominee Sideways to make me realize that all awards contenders can pair with wines or other beverages, and...

Decision to Leave makes its cinematic mark by using the eye of a great Korean director with the tradition of a legendary filmmaker. Park...

Valentine’s Day passed by leaving behind a trail of still streamable romantic comedies. Netflix enters the rom-com game with the...

With grace and subtlety, actor Bill Nighy takes steps to expand living. In their movie Living, Nighy and director Oliver Hermanus spring...

The title subjects of Women Talking explore extreme MeToo issues in a sensitive film from director Sarah Polley. Working from Miriam...

Since most literary experts credit Edgar Allan Poe with creating the fictional detective genre, it makes sense to put him in his own...