A Masterclass in the Beauty of Restraint

A Masterclass in the Beauty of Restraint

100 Movies in 2020: # 15, Lost in Translation Lost in Translation is a story about an unlikely relationship between a faded movie star who comes to Japan to make liquor ads and a young woman accompanying her photographer husband on a business trip. In this film, writer and director Sofia Coppola gives a masterclass […]

Booksmart Is the Best Female Buddy Movie in Years

Booksmart Is the Best Female Buddy Movie in Years

100 Movies in 2020: #13, Booksmart A good female buddy movie is hard to come by. There’s this list, but half of these aren’t true buddy movies (the other half I haven’t heard of, much less seen). Bombshell? Steel Magnolias? No. Two women who happen to be friends in a film does not a buddy […]

The New Little Women Movie Is a Masterpiece

The New Little Women Movie Is a Masterpiece

100 Movies in 2020: #11, Little Women The new Little Women movie is a masterpiece. Writer and director Greta Gerwig plays with the original book‘s story structure to reinvent the narrative for a new generation, turning it into a lively, luminous, thoughtful piece of art. Oh my goodness, go see it. Males, that includes you. […]