Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson Try to Bring Back Old Hollywood—I Wish They Would
DIRECTOR: CHRIS ADDISON/2019
Let me be probably the first film criti...
From one Catwoman to the next!
When I selected Halle Berry as our April Film Admissions actress, I didn’t consider the feline DNA she shares our March s...
A Small Miracle of a Documentary in a Large Refugee Crisis
DIRECTOR: HASSAN FAZILI/2019
On paper, I can’t believe this documentary works. A three-year j...
DC's Latest Makes Being a Superhero Fun Again
DIRECTOR: DAVID F. SANDBERG/2019
Pop culture has always had plenty of idols. Think
flavor-of-the-week s...
True confession time: I have always had an enormous crush on Michelle Pfeiffer. Sure, a lot of that has to do with physical attractiveness- she is one of the most beautiful people alive. But so much of it stems from her presence on-screen, the way she brings- not a vulnerability per se, but more like a raw, exposed nerve to her performances. It was these qualities that were apparent, even when she was first slowly breaking into features in the early 1980’s.
This Series Ain't Broke, But Season 3 Fixes It Anyway
Netflix/2018
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” is an expression which
here means if something ...
A Complicated Response to a Complicated Awards Contender
DIRECTOR: PETER FARRELLY/2018
At this point in awards season—I’m sorry, Awards Season—it’s d...
Taylor Blake has been hooked on film ever since she saw The Lion King in theaters at age two—initially on every stuffed Simba and Nala she could find, later on any great movie she could find. St. Louis Film Critics Association member. Follow her on Letterboxd.