That its plot makes no sense is not really the problem with “Tommy.” When it first appeared as a concept album, in 1969, it was, after all, billed as a rock opera. And let’s face it, if you’ve ever paid attention to its story unstoned, you’re going to have some
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Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show Review: Out and Open
But the eight episodes are not unlike the installments of an autobiographical, auteurist sitcom. Carmichael, as producer of the show and his life, gives each one a theme, sometimes setting up situations for himself that impel conflict. In one episode, Carmichael brings his boyfriend home to North Carolina to meet
‘La Chimera’ Review: A Treasure Trove
In her latest dreamy movie, the Italian director Alice Rohrwacher follows a tomb raider, played by Josh O’Connor, who’s pining for a lost love. Source link
‘On the Adamant’ Review: A Psychiatric Facility on the Seine
It’s hard to tell the difference between the patients and staff in “On the Adamant,” Nicolas Philibert’s documentary about an alternative psychiatric facility in Paris. The treatment center, located in a large houseboat with louvered windows, floats tranquilly on the Seine. Inside the Adamant, a convivial atmosphere of disorder reigns.
‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ Review: Running Out of Steam
But with that zenith in the rearview mirror, “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” has very little road left to cruise, and it shows. The best stretches involve Kong lumbering through the landscape, Godzilla stomping around crushing things, and of course the inevitable final confrontation, which has a few surprises
‘Asphalt City’ Review: Arbiters of Life and Death
Two paramedics — Ollie Cross (Tye Sheridan), a wide-eyed rookie, and Gene Rutkovsky (Sean Penn), a gruff veteran of the trade — traverse the mean streets of East New York, Brooklyn, by ambulance in the solemn drama “Asphalt City.” Flooded with neon and sirens, the movie opens during Cross’s first
‘The Beautiful Game’ Review: A Different Kind of World Cup
It’s moderately surprising that it’s taken filmmakers two decades to concoct a heart-string-tugging underdog story out of the annual coed sport event known as the Homeless World Cup, a weeklong international competition featuring homeless soccer players. Directed by Thea Sharrock and written by Frank Cottrell Boyce, “The Beautiful Game” is
‘Lousy Carter’ Review: Blackboard Bungle
Death be not tragic in “Lousy Carter,” a repellently watchable curiosity from the Austin cult filmmaker Bob Byington. Carter (David Krumholtz) is a self-involved literature professor with little interest in his students, his family, and his past and present lovers. So when he’s given six months to live, no one
‘DogMan’ Review: Crackers for Animals
An electrifying Caleb Landry Jones plays the damaged heart of this oddly wonderful tale of resilience and revenge. Source link
‘Wicked Little Letters’ Review: Prim, Proper and Profane
“This is more true than you’d think,” handwritten text informs us at the start of “Wicked Little Letters.” I looked it up, and they weren’t kidding. The movie involves tweaks and elisions to history, of course. But at least in its major outlines, the true story matches the film, in