Film: Just in time with the opening of movie theaters in Palm Beach County comes the season’s most anticipated release, Christopher Nolan’s Tenet. Anything from the writer-director who gave us the Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, Memento and others would be a must-see, but Tenet is his most ambitious and audacious film yet. Part science fiction, part spy-versus-spy action … [Read more...]
2017’s Top 10 in film
You would never know it from what the multiplexes were showing in the first 10 months of 2017, but with a November and December delivering a flurry of quality films, this became a top-notch year at the movies. Here are my 10 favorites, with plenty more just barely not making the cut. 1. The Shape of Water – Tapping into the magic realism and political fantasy that fueled his … [Read more...]
Masterful ‘Dunkirk’ a harrowing, mature look at pivotal WWII event
It is only July, but the arrival of Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk already has us thinking about next year’s Academy Awards. At a time when theaters are crowded with superhero epics for teenage fanboys, Nolan gives us a film for adults – a wartime history lesson as well as a textbook example of masterful direction and screenwriting. It is hard to fathom, but the man who created … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: July 22-23
Film: As Variety puts it, Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk is the first slam-dunk of the year for a best picture Oscar nomination. Possibly so, but certainly in a summer season crowded with comic book-based superhero epics, Nolan’s tale of the crucial World War II battle in Northern France sticks out as a serious history lesson aimed at an adult audience. That is not to say there … [Read more...]