Film Reviews

Richard Linklater’s Netflix feature “Blue Moon” is a study in failed dreams and lifelong regret, Dan Webster says.

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that explore the relationship between parent and child.

Blue Moon is Richard Linklater’s second feature this year, a portrait of the troubled lyricist Lorenz Hart. Nathan Weinbender says it’s not a great Linklater film, but it does have a great Ethan Hawke performance in it.

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two movies that focus on characters who don’t so much flirt with crime but embrace it wholeheartedly.

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: It’s an odd title and an odd movie. Nathan Weinbender says this polarizing, anxiety-inducing film, now available for digital rental, is a daring showcase for Rose Byrne.

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss the Apple TV five-part biographical miniseries “Mr. Scorsese” and offer up thoughts about some of the man’s choicest works.

The dystopian thriller "The Running Man" has been brought into the present day by director Edgar Wright and star Glen Powell. Nathan Weinbender says it’s an uneven, overlong action-comedy blockbuster.

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that focus on characters showing signs of mania. The first is director Lynne Ramsay’s “Die My Love,” and the second is Guillermo del Toro's “Frankenstein."

Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague” is a love letter to the French New Wave, Dan Webster says.

On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss two films that tackle polar-opposite themes in an attempt to create cinematic art. The first is “Bugonia,” written and directed by the Greek-born filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos. The second is “Train Dreams,” a film directed and co-written by Clint Bentley.