“MEEK’S CUTOFF” : Finding their way…or just lost?
“MEEK’S CUTOFF” My rating: B- 1:44 | Rated PG In her minimalist features “Old Joy” and “Wendy and Lucy,” filmmaker Kelly Reichardt quietly explored relationships among unremarkable individuals in...
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Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong’o, Chiwetel Ejiofor “12 YEARS A SLAVE” My rating: A (Opens wide on Nov. 1) 133 minutes | MPAA rating: R “12 Years a Slave” is gruelling. Exhausting. Horrifying. It...
View Article“LOVE and MERCY”: When I grow up to be a man
Paul Dano as the young Brian Wilson “LOVE & MERCY” My rating: B+ 120 ninutes | MPAA rating: PG-13 Several pages in The Book of Great American Lives should be reserved for the Beach Boys’ Brian...
View Article“OKJA”: Animal husbandry
Okra,An Seo Hyun “OKJA” My rating: C (Now on Netflix) 118 minutes | No MPAA rating Following up his multi-layered sci-fi extravaganza “Snowpiercer,” Korean auteur Joon-ho Bong delivers the Netflix...
View Article“WILDLIFE”: The mystery of adulthood
Carey Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould, JakeGyllenhaal “WILDLIFE” My rating: B+ 114 minutes | MPAA rating: PG-13 In “Wildlife,” the mesmerizing directorial debut of actor Paul Dano, people — adults, anyway —...
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