film commentary

Dafoe's presence always makes a movie a little more interesting, and he's once again great in the new indie "Late Fame" from director Kent Jones (of the documentary "Hitchcock/Truffaut") and writer Samy Burch (who was Oscar nominated for 2023's "May December").

As the page turns and, in a split second on New Year’s Eve, the “old” becomes the “new,” it is a fine time to celebrate the season with a champagne toast…

Most movies come and go. They open theatrically, earn their box office bucks and, these days, end up in DVD obscurity. Few are truly memorable. Few are,…

On rare occasion do I see a film that so challenges me, that has so much going on in it, that I come out of the theater thinking, “I must give this movie…