For decades, there were two passion projects Martin Scorsese had been striving to make. His long discussed, bucket list films had been Gangs of New York, which he made in 2002, and finally, Silence. Harrowing, intelligent and rewarding overall, Scorsese’s Silence is a tough sit but unquestionably one of the filmmaker’s greatest films. In the […]
Best of the Wurst: The Top 10 films of 2016
After a promising spring, moviegoers endured the lousiest summer movie season in memory. The “big dumb fun” movies didn’t deliver but several great, challenging fall dramas and a few sleepers from earlier salvaged the movie year. The great runner-ups that got pushed outside of my Top Ten are A Monster Calls (opening next month), Kubo […]
Sign Language: Virgos really need to mow the lawn already
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Instincts aren’t always what they’re cracked up to be. A startled bird, finding itself indoors, will often instinctively launch itself at a window, battering itself senseless or dead against the glass, which is a substance apparently beyond its comprehension. Although I’m a big fan of trusting your gut, there are times […]