Monday, September 8, 2025

On the Return of Compensation: LA Rebellion Filmmaker Zeinabu irene Davis’s Masterpiece About Communication and Connection

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COMPENSATION  (Zeinabu irene Davis, 1999, USA, 92 minutes)  Because I had loved so deeply,  Because I had loved so long,  God in His great c...
Monday, September 1, 2025

City Pages Flashback: Rocketman Is an Extravagant Jukebox Musical with Heart

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This is a revised version of a 2019 City Pages review. The Minneapolis alt-weekly came to an end in 2020, and the entire site disappeared s...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

You Are Trapped in the Middle, Punk: Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing with Austin Butler

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CAUGHT STEALING  (Darren Aronofsky, 2025, USA, 107 minutes)  The police, the police and the thieves (oh yeah)  You gotta lick the ground  Bu...
Saturday, August 23, 2025

Generations Unite, At Least Momentarily, in Hong Sang-soo’s Reflective By the Stream

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BY THE STREAM / Suyoocheon  (Hong Sang-soo, 2024, South Korea, 111 minutes)  It wouldn't be a Hong Sang-soo film if the characters didn...
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Honey Don't!: In Which Margaret Qualley Plays a Rotary Dial Woman in a Touch-Screen World

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HONEY DON'T!  (Ethan Coen, 2025, USA,  89 minutes)  Writer/director Ethan Coen and co-writer/co-editor Tricia Cooke set themselves up fo...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

As Long as We Live, It's You and Me Baby: On Spike Lee’s Music Biz Thriller Highest 2 Lowest

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HIGHEST TO LOWEST  (Spike Lee, 2025, USA, 133 minutes)  Highest 2 Lowest , Spike Lee's idiosyncratic reinterpretation of Akira Kurosawa...
Saturday, August 9, 2025

Anchorage Daily News Flashback: Herzog: A Little Risk Keeps Life Interesting for Director

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In 1986, my mom, Doreen Ransom, interviewed Werner Herzog for The Anchorage Daily News.  I don't recall that she had done any other film...