“I just wanted three days off.” That’s the reason Javad (Mohammad Valizadegan), who is serving an obligatory 2-year term in…
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FYOV You know you’re in for something special when the main character—39-going-on-40 Radha—experiences something akin to an epiphany, riding on…
The cult of the ordinary hero has long been a central ingredient of American culture. In the Ronald Reagan years,…
“Judas and the Black Messiah” brings to the screen a horrific event in FBI history, one that reveals law enforcement’s…
The title alone—“crip” is of course short for “cripples,” the latter not an acceptable adjective these days, though it is…
Cassie (short for Cassandra, no subtlety here) is a magnificent machine of vengeance, acted to steely perfection by Oscar-nominated Carey…
“News of the World” has all the trappings of the on-the-road adventure genre, with hints of the Western and the…
It’s one of the great movie lines. It’s May 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill (a masterful Gary Oldman) has just…
I still remember the first time that I met Dave and Gaetana Schueckler, owners of the TreeHouse toy store. The…
Frances McDormand as Fern is a study in profound loneliness, a loneliness at once caused and chosen, both a product…