Ben Stiller’s wonderful mid-life crisis
Joyce Glasser reviews Brad’s Status ( January 5, 2018) Cert. TBC, 101 min. As far from Hollywood as Ben Stiller dare ventures in his critically uneven, but financially successful mid-career, he ...
FILM REVIEWS
Bergman Retrospective at the BFI Southbank (January-March 2018)
Joyce Glasser reviews Persona (January 1, 2018) Cert 15, 83 min. (extended run at the BFI Southbank and selected art house cinemas across the UK) The BFI is giving the late Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Be ...
This heart-warming and thought-provoking Irish comedy is the perfect start to 2018
Joyce Glasser reviews Sanctuary (29 December 2017) Cert 15, 88 min. Every year, BAFTA and The American Academy for Motion Picture Arts & Sciences voters are vulnerable to a Hollywood star transfor ...
Chastain and Sorkin are a formidable combination, but this isn’t a formidable film
Joyce Glasser reviews Molly’s Game (January 1, 2018) Cert 15, 140 min. Academy Award-winning scriptwriter Alan Sorkin (The Social Network, Steve Jobs, Money Ball) and Jessica Chastain (Miss Sloane, Th ...