Review: “Killers of the Flower Moon”

“The murder plots depended upon doctors who falsified death certificates and upon undertakers who quickly and quietly buried bodies. The guardian who McAuliffe suspected of killing his grandmother was a prominent attorney working for the tribe who never interfered with the criminal networks operating under his nose. Nor did bankers, including the apparent murderer Burt, […]

Review: “The Creator”

A global war between humans and artificial intelligence? The premise of The Creator couldn’t be more timely if Gareth Edwards’ tried, with even the film’s trailer premiering mere days after SAG-AFTRA followed the WGA on strike, better protections for actors and writers regarding the increasing use of A.I. in film production being one of their […]

Review: “Farewell My Concubine” (1993)

In 1993, Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine, a sumptuous, decades-spanning epic based on the Lilian Lee novel, became the first Chinese film to win the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, tying with Jane Campion’s period drama The Piano. One of the most notable works from who would become one of the most notable […]