Hold the Dark (2018)
Aging, morose naturalist Russell Core (Jeffrey Wright) is summoned to a remote Alaskan village a few days after a woman's young child is taken by wolves. The mother, Medora Sloane…
Cutter’s Way (1981)
A somewhat self-involved bit of noir drama, this film a principle charm that surprised me: John Heard. The "That Guy" actor nails it - absolutely NAILS it - in the…
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
I don't know why this film isn't more roundly praised. It is, for the genre it embodies, note-perfect. I kicked off my week with this one as part of a self-imposed…
Inherent Vice (2014)
There was so very, very much to enjoy about the first few moments of this film that I was uniquely disappointed to watch it fall apart. This is a drug-fueled…