Reviews — In Reel Deep

'Phantom Thread'

Paul Thomas Anderson's latest shares some twisted insights about love while snagging one more great performance from Daniel Day-Lewis.

Reviews, DramaSteve CiminoJanuary 12, 2018Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Thomas Anderson, Lesley Manville, Vicky Krieps

'The Shape of Water'

Only Guillermo del Toro could make a romance with a Fish Monster Creature work.

'The Post'

It'd be hard to screw up Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and an urgent tale from America's recent past. Steven Spielberg doesn't.

'The Disaster Artist'

James Franco has created a brilliant labor of love, one relatable to moviegoers who've never even heard of The Room.

Reviews, Comedy, DramaSteve CiminoDecember 11, 2017James Franco, Seth Rogen, Dave Franco, Ari Graynor, Josh Hutcherson, Jackie Weaver

'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'

Anger and kindness course through the latest from Martin McDonagh.

Drama, ComedyAndrew JohnsonNovember 25, 2017Martin McDonagh, Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Lucas Hedges, Peter Dinklage

'The Florida Project'

Brooklynn Prince may have delivered the finest child actor performance of all time.

Drama, ReviewsSteve CiminoNovember 17, 2017Sean Baker, Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite

'The Killing of a Sacred Deer'

Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos makes some of the most provocative and odd films around; his latest is no exception.

Reviews, DramaSteve CiminoNovember 1, 2017Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Yorgos Lanthimos, Barry Keoghan, Alicia Silverstone

'Blade Runner 2049'

Blade Runner 2049 builds upon its predecessor like few sequels ever have.

'Detroit'

Though it can't stick the landing, the first two hours of Kathryn Bigelow's story of racially motivated police brutality are tense, horrifying, and brilliant.

Drama, ReviewsSteve CiminoAugust 5, 2017Kathryn Bigelow, Anthony Mackie, Will Poulter, John Boyega, Algee Smith

'Dunkirk'

It's a return to form for Christopher Nolan in the survival war thriller Dunkirk.

'The Lost City of Z'

With Charlie Hunnam as his muse, James Gray mulls over the motivations behind an ill-fated explorer of the early 20th century.

'Hidden Figures'

It took a movie about three black female NASA employees to so expertly tap into the debilitating lows and uplifting highs of battling against everyday racism.

Reviews, DramaSteve CiminoFebruary 8, 2017Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Theodore Melfi, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst

'The Founder'

Someday there will be a wave of brilliant Donald Trump-inspired movies about megalomaniacal businessmen. This is not the beginning of that wave.

'Silence'

Martin Scorsese's latest is an uncomfortable and unrelenting historical epic.

Drama, ReviewsAndrew JohnsonJanuary 28, 2017Liam Neeson, Martin Scorsese, Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Ciaran Hinds, Issey Ogata, Yosuke Kubozuka

'Paterson'

It's not easy to get excited for a film summarized as "a bus driver is also a poet." But you'd be a fool to skip it, because Jim Jarmusch's latest is also one of 2016's best.

'Jackie'

It's refreshing to see a biopic about a woman, and a First Lady at that. Unfortunately, despite Natalie Portman's best efforts, Jackie isn't anything to remember.

Reviews, DramaSteve CiminoJanuary 3, 2017Natalie Portman, Pablo Larraín, Peter Sarsgaard, Billy Crudup, John Hurt, Greta Gerwig

'Manchester by the Sea'

For a film that jumps from present to past and back again, Manchester by the Sea never leans on that crutch so much as embraces its potential.

Drama, ReviewsSteve CiminoDecember 7, 2016casey affleck, Kenneth Lonergan, kyle chandler, Lucas Hedges, michelle williams

'The Handmaiden'

In Park Chan-wook's latest, the women are uncertain but crafty, the men are sex-starved yet money-driven, and the end result feels earned rather than prescribed.