Tagged Denzel Washington

Few twentieth century film industry professionals can boast a career as storied or influential as Sidney Poitier - the quality and significance of his work on screen as an actor, behind the scenes as director,...

This film was previously reviewed in September 2021 as part of our New York Film Festival coverage. The Tragedy of Macbeth marks Joel Coen’s dual venture into a metatextual adaptation of William...

In a clean break from his occasionally successful biopic habit, director John Lee Hancock returns with an original screenplay and a plunge into the “dark side of America". By the end, his protagonists find...

After wallowing in the shadows of Los Angeles for his excellent directorial debut Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy steps into the light (mostly) for his second film, Roman J. Israel, Esq. Truth be told, he seems to...

1. Han Solo gets a...

Here it is, folks: the night we spend all year preparing for. The nominations for the 89th Academy Awards represent a wonderful mix of styles, voices and perspectives, which is exactly what a good film awards...

A great play has a certain kind of self-made intensity, as if its players are conjuring up a story from thin air and keeping that plate spinning around the single stage. It leaves you dizzy. Directing...

1. Live-action Pokémon film gets live-action director Remember Pokémon Go? Yes, it wasn’t so long ago that budding Poké trainers the world over were traipsing around catching Zubats, Weedles and T-shirt...

1. Jon Favreau just can’t wait to be king (of the box office)—will direct live-action Lion King The Jungle Book made $966 million worldwide—and that doesn’t even include that sweet, sweet action...

A remake of The Magnificent Seven, which itself was a reimagining of Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, should be destined for mediocrity. Yet the under-appreciated Antoine Fuqua repeats his success with reimagining...

The Equalizer is nothing more than a sluggish and disappointing mess. Washington’s poorly-sketched ex-special ops agent juggles with several underdeveloped themes that bar him from any meaningful character...

The younger brother of Ridley, Tony Scott was one of the most successful action directors in Hollywood, consistently producing top-quality entertainment over a thirty year career which included Top...