SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU Directed and Written by Richard Tanne Starring: Tika Sumpter and Parker Sawyers If Barack Obama were running for his second term this year, this would fall into the category of a campaign film. It offers little in the way of a critique of either...

Hell or High Water Directed by David Mackenzie Written by Taylor Sheridan Starring: Chris Pine, Ben Foster,  Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham Hell or High Water makes a good case for the notion that a Western can be as relevant today as ever. Several times I had to...

HAIL, CAESAR! Universal Studios The Coen Brothers are hit and miss for me, and it’s not just because they veer from bloody noir (Blood Simple) to screwball comedy (Raising Arizona) to deadpan absurdity (A Serious Man). This one’s somewhere between The Hudsucker...

Director: Stephen Frears Writer: Nicholas Martin Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg Three-time Oscar winner, Meryl Streep stars in FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS, the story of a woman who couldn't sing but didn't know it. The film is truly a three-hander...

Cafe Society Directed and Written by Woody Allen Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Blake Shelton It is the 1930s yet again and Bobby Dorfman (Jesse Eisenberg) travels from New York to Hollywood to make his fortune under the tutelage of his...

The Innocents Directed by Anne Fontaine Written by Sabrina B, Karine and Alice Vial Starring: Lou De Laage, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza, Vincent Macaigne It is 1945 in Poland and a French Red Cross doctor is called on to minister to a convent out in the countryside....