Tag: At The Movies
Saudi Movie a Breakthrough for Female Director
The Perfect Candidate
The world is changing—specifically in Saudi Arabia—in the new film “The Perfect Candidate,” the illuminating story of a partially liberated young woman...
Conflict Internal and International
The Father
A much-acclaimed drama of 2012, “The Father,” examining the world of dementia, has been lauded in theaters around the world, and has now...
Contrasts: End-of-Life Road Trip and Farm Life of a Korean-American Family
Supernova
An up-close-and-personal examination of dementia may not be everyone’s idea of a fun movie, but the new film “Supernova,” written and directed by Harry...
Quiet Dignity on the Plains, an Irish Romance and a Musical...
Nomadland
In recent years, there has been a burst of earnest documentaries telling stories, usually bleak, about the demise of the American working class, our...
Two Epics: A Tom Hanks Western and a Citizen...
News of the World
“News of the World” is an American western co-written and directed by Paul Greengrass. It follows a laconic Civil War veteran (Tom Hanks) who decides to return a young...
New Films from England and Romania
Ammonite
It might seem like slim pickings to make a movie drama out of the limited, but productive, life of a woman obsessed since youth...
Second Look: An Annual Survey of Overlooked Films
With this column (usually appearing in September but this year delayed a month), I again nominate several “Movies That Got Away,” feature films (from...
Scribblers and Scandals: Journalism in the Movies
With movie houses still closed, the Hill Rag offers another selection of recent movies to watch while warming the couch. This month’s theme is...
Inspiring Docs: True Stories of Terrific Kid’s Competitions
With movie houses still closed at the time of this writing, the Hill Rag offers readers another selection of recent movies to watch while...
Second Look: An Annual Survey of Some Films That Got...
With this column, I again nominate several “Movies That Got Away,” feature films (from 2018) less noticed or hyped upon release. This selection avoids...