Tag: At the Movies
At the Movies
The Quiet Girl
One of Oscar’s newly nominated Best International Feature of 2022, “The Quiet Girl,” made its debut at local theaters this month with,...
At The Movies
Empire of Light
Writer-director Sam Mendes’s latest offering is a period drama about the staff of a English resort town’s movie house with themes including...
At The Movies
Every year during Oscar season, Academy voters come up with a winning list of five films for the Best Feature Documentary category. Since this...
At the Movies: Two Major Directors’ Latest:
“The French Dispatch”
From director Wes Anderson comes his 10th feature, “The French Dispatch,” which he has described as “a love letter to journalists set...
Second Look: An Annual Survey of Overlooked Films
With this annual column, I again nominate several “Movies That Got Away,” feature films (from 2020) less noticed or hyped upon release. This selection...
Films both Current and Historic
Storm Lake
Here’s a paean to journalism, old style. It’s also a near obituary for shoe leather journalism as it was practiced, especially in America’s...
At The Movies
Flannery
For a writer now so critically acclaimed, novelist and short story writer Flannery O’Connor (1924-1964) has never been the subject of a major film...
Scribblers and Scandals: Journalism in the Movies
With movie houses still closed, the Hill Rag offers another selection of recent movies to watch while warming the couch. This month’s theme is...
