THE PENGUIN LESSONSAgitprop, Argentinean Cinema, British Cinema, Capsule Reviews, Comedy, FIVE STARS, Memoir, Political HistoryMarch 30, 2025Based on Tom Michell’s 2016 memoir about his time spent teaching English during a coup in Argentina in 1976, “The…
THE HAND OF GODAcademy Awards, Capsule Reviews, Italian Cinema, Memoir, ZERO STARSFebruary 20, 2022Dreadful. This movie is a dog. Cole Smithey. Dogdamn it.
THE TENDER BARCapsule Reviews, Literary Adaptation, Memoir, ONE STARJanuary 19, 2022George Clooney has lost his touch as a director. Cole Smithey.
THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEECapsule Reviews, Drama, Literary Adaptation, Memoir, ONE STAR, Women Filmmakers, Women's CinemaNovember 22, 2009Based on her own novel, Rebecca Miller directs this wallowing tale of bad people doing bad things. Cole Smithey.
RUNNING WITH SCISSORSBlack Comedy, Capsule Reviews, Drama, FOUR STARS, Literary Adaptation, Memoir, Transgressive Cinema, Women's CinemaOctober 23, 2006Based on Augusten Burrough’s memoir, “Running With Scissors” traverses the ‘70’s American zeitgeist in eccentric personal terms when the American…