La Cocina: Whirlwind Resto Drama with Exploited Illegals in a Times Square Hell's Kitchen
Women Talking: When Words are the Most Powerful Special Effect
ReviewJim SlotekWomen Talking, Sarah Polley, Religious patriarchy, Miriam Toews, Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, Sheila McCarthy, Michelle McLeod
Nightmare Alley: Guillermo del Toro Noir Epic Lovely to Look At, Dreary to Behold
ReviewJim SlotekNightmare Alley, Guillermo del Toro, Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Richard Jenkins, Toni Collette, Rooney Mara, Thriller, Noir, Remake
What to Watch (and What to Skip) in Theatres This Weekend
ReviewJim SlotekFilm releases this week, Far. The Story of a Journey Around the World, Amazing Grace, Aretha Franklin, Sidney Pollack, Mary Magdalene, Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Best of Enemies, Sam Rockwell, Taraji P. Henson, Hellboy, Steve Bannon, Mia and the White Lion, Missing Link, Stockholm, Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, Master Z: Ip Man Legacy, Yuen Woo-ping
Mary Magdalene: Female-Led Bible Story Beats the Odds, Brings the Goods
DAVID LOWERY INTERVIEW: Director mines grief and comedy with edgy indie A GHOST STORY
