Disclosure Day may be a more important movie than a successful one. This isn’t to say that Steven Spielberg’s latest dive into what ET enthusiasts refer to as “the phenomenon” is not, by and large, a successful work of both art and entertainment. It means that its cultural impact, which should be galvanizing and could be volcanic, far outweighs the typical barometers of … [Read more...]
‘The Fall Guy’: An elegy for moviemaking buried in a charming rom-com
The new Ryan Gosling vehicle The Fall Guy is, as stuntman-turned-director David Leitch has said, “a love letter” to the stunt industry. It’s a business model that can use some love. In the trades and on the picket lines in recent years, there has been much chatter of artificial intelligence replacing flesh-and-blood stunt performers with digital replicas. In this environment, … [Read more...]