Divine Love
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Pity the poor contemporary artist who just doesn't know what to do about religion. Is it a bogeyman ready to pop out of the shadows and spoil everyone's fun? Is it [...]
The Life Ahead
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Six years after her most recent role in her son Edoardo Ponti's film "Human Voice," fabled actress Sophia Loren returns to the screen in "The Life Ahead" (Netflix). Already playing in [...]
Martin Eden
NEW YORK (CNS) -- "The more he studied, the more vistas he caught of fields of knowledge yet unexplored, and the regret that days were only twenty-four hours long became a chronic complaint with him." [...]
Let Him Go
NEW YORK (CNS) -- The drama "Let Him Go" (Focus), writer-director Thomas Bezucha's adaptation of Larry Watson's 2013 novel, showcases a successful, if sometimes tense, marriage. But it's also a morally dicey affair in which [...]
The Witches
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Roald Dahl's eponymous 1983 novel, first brought to the big screen in a 1990 film helmed by Nicolas Roeg, gets a spirited second adaptation with "The Witches" (HBO Max). Problematic elements [...]
On the Rocks
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Understated in its approach and mature in its values, the low-key comedy "On the Rocks" (A24/Apple TV+) is an amiable enterprise suitable for a grown audience. In fact, it could have [...]
