MOVIE REVIEWS
Now showing around town… maybe streaming.
So ‘Close’ Yet So Far
Belgian director Lukas Dhont follows up Girl with Close, and asks why boys can’t get, well, close.
Coke and a Smile
Cocaine. A bear. It’s Cocaine Bear. The title is really all you need to know.
Culture War
It’s not just an American/Canadian/Australian screw up. Laha Mebow explores indigenous life in Taiwan in GAGA.
Hey Siri, Find Mom
Searching 2: Siri to the Rescue would be a better title for the entertaining, if familiar, Missing.
It ‘Blows’
Blows is a good word with which to describe the long-delayed crime epic Where The Wind Blows.
‘Quantum’ Excess
At least Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania comes in under two hours. That’s something?
‘Seoul’ Searching
Director Davy Chou explores adoption, identity and the military-industrial complex (!) in Return to Seoul.
Wisp of a Thing
Whisper of the Heart’s second adaptation is as misguided as it is gauzy and predictable.
‘Wandering’ Away
Frant Gwo cements a billion-dollar soft power franchise with The Wandering Earth II.
Sticky Stuff
Todd Field’s Tár goes way, way, way beyond simply being a movie about so-called ‘cancel culture’.
Night Shift
Huh? No twist in M Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin? Nope, just old fashioned tension.
Growing Pains
Mabel Cheung turns documentarian for her portrait of a Ying Wa generation in To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self.
Cleared for Take-off
Yes, guy! Plane is Gerard Butler’s annual late winter punch-up, and it’s one of his best.