Review: “Wake Up Dead Man”

It would be so easy to make every entry in the Knives Out series a cookie cutter whodunit, coasting by on the charms of lead Daniel Craig and the increasingly starry revolving door of famous faces who populate the rest of the cast. It’s a credit to series creator, writer and director Rian Johnson, however, […]

Review: “The Mastermind”

He looks at the art, but he isn’t really looking at it. As he slowly slopes around the museum galleries, one of his young sons chattering animatedly in the otherwise silent place as the guard snoozes in his chair nearby, it’s clear from his furtive glances that he’s searching for something. Eventually, he sets his […]

Review: “Challengers”

“Tennis is a relationship.” Tennis prodigy Tashi Duncan (Zendaya) utters these words as she’s stretched out by the beach, late into the evening following a party at the junior’s segment of the U.S. Open. She’s addressing Patrick Zweig (Josh O’Connor) and Art Donaldson (Mike Faist), a pair of old school friends competing as a doubles […]

SLIFF Review: “La Chimera”

The most recognizable definition of a chimera comes from Greek mythology, in reference to a female creature made up of several different animals: a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail. But the word can alternately be used as a noun to refer to something one hopes for, but is impossible to ever […]