arts and entertainment

‘Coastal Elites’: Diary of the Plague Year

April 5, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

It's the first excellent film that speaks to what we have been through as a society during the pandemic.

‘Marble-ous’: Russian maestro’s masterful Michelangelo biopic

February 9, 2021 By Ed Rampell

Michelangelo Buonarroti, that incomparable Renaissance Man, is masterfully brought back to life by movie maestro co-writer/director Andrei Konchalovsky in Sin (Il Peccato).

‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ and ‘Ham on Rye’: Odds and ends

January 15, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

Both Ham on Rye and I’m Thinking of Ending Things deal with the tensions of young America’s uncertain future.

‘American Utopia’: Still making sense

January 4, 2021 By Michael Berkowitz

Byrne and director Spike Lee have combined to reexamine themes they both have explored individually over the years.

Coming undone: ‘The Undoing,’ ‘Big Sky,’ ‘The Deceived’ and the limits of MeToo

December 16, 2020 By Dennis Broe

“The rich are different,” said Fitzgerald, in a languishing dreamy tone. “Yes,” replied Hemingway brusquely, “they have more money.”