The i Paper: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Review)

 

I loved Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and wrote a review of it here for the i Paper. 

The i Paper: Wonder Woman 1984 (Review)

 

I gave three stars to the insipid WW1984 juggernaut, though I liked Chris Pine. Read my thoughts for the i Paper here. 

The i Paper: Midnight Sky (Review)

 

For the i Paper, I reviewed middling Netflix sci-fi flick starring & directed by George Clooney. Read it here. 

Empire Magazine: I'm Your Woman (Review)

     For Empire Magazine, I gave 4 stars to new Amazon Studios film I'm Your Woman, a female-centred crime flick set in the 70s and starring The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Rachel Brosnahan. Read my review here. 

The i Paper: The Godfather Coda / Why Do Filmmakers like Francis Ford Coppola Keep Fiddling With Their Most Famous Films?

 

For the i Paper, I wrote a brief op-ed exploring Francis Ford Coppola's considerably improved re-cut of The Godfather Part III, now renamed The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. In print and online. 

Little White Lies: Muscle is a Fearless Exercise in De-Constructing Onscreen Masculinity

I interviewed British filmmaker Gerard Johnson about his brilliant crime flick set against a bodybuilding gym, Muscle, for Little White Lies. You can catch the film on VOD and read what I wrote here.

The i Paper: Mank (Review)

For the i Paper, I gave five stars to David Fincher's Mank. Read my review here.

Vulture: Everything You Need to Know About Old Hollywood Before Watching Mank

 

For Vulture / NY Mag, I wrote a handy A-Z guide of Old Hollywood references and allusions in David Fincher's Mank, which is now out on Netflix. You can read it here.