There's a certain kind of brilliance with how the marketing department fully leaned into the negative press "The Hunt" received before anyone had even seen it. Based on the early trailers alone but left and right-wing fanatics lost their mind and denounced the film. Now, these quotes proudly appear on the movie poster along with [...]
As I reflect on Kelly Reichardt’s “First Cow,” which opens in select theaters this weekend, I can’t help but smile on my “first Reichardt” experience, “Certain Women” and the audience reaction to that film. It is important to set the stage for this experience in that I was not a member of the press, so [...]
Historically significant films have a way of entering our respective spheres of influence, notably because they either keep historical perspective in context, or they embellish the truth for a fictionalized accounting, elevated for dramatic purposes. “The Banker,” which opens in limited release this weekend and debuts on Apple TV+ on March 20th, is a good [...]
