Karen Martin’s Home Movies
March 24, 2017By Karen Martin Miss Sloane, directed by John Madden (R, 2 hours, 12 minutes) Jessica Chastain elevates the impact of this otherwise unremarkable suspense drama with her performance as Elizabeth Sloane, a bossy, brilliant and cold-hearted lobbyist who reigns supreme …
The prerequisites of genius
March 19, 2017The prerequisites of genius Philip Martin·Sunday, 19 March 201731 reads Unlike a lot of the kids he would inspire, Chuck Berry was a professional musician first, and a rock ’n’ roller by opportunity. He began as a rhythm and blues …
REVIEW: XX
March 11, 2017REVIEW XX 2 By Philip Martin This article was published March 10, 2017 at 1:00 a.m. Danny Jacobs (Peter DaCunha) wants to know what the stranger (Michael Dyson) has in the package in The Box, one of four short films …
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Members’ Oscars 2017 Opinions
March 6, 2017AWFJ Members’ Oscars 2017 Opinions, in Brief — Jennifer Merin reports Posted by awfj-admin on Mar 5, 2017 | 0 Comments Our goal is to present a compendium of AWFJ members’ perspectives on Oscars 2017. Not surprisingly, the views vary …