Saturday, January 28, 2017

MANCHESTER MORE A DIRECTOR'S TRIUMPH THAN AN ACTOR'S

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By Dominique Paul Noth Lucas Hedges and Casey Affleck in "Manchester by the Sea" Manchester by the Sea is being touted as a...
Friday, January 27, 2017

‘FENCES’ BREAKS US DOWN WITH POWERHOUSE PERFORMANCES

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By Dominique Paul Noth  Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in "Fences" Fences is a hybrid -- transferring a stage giant to ...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

‘HIDDEN FIGURES’ RELIES ON HIDING REALITIES FOR A WILLING PUBLIC

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By Dominique Paul Noth From left: Octavia Spencer, Taraji Henson and Janelle Monae in Hidden Figures. Unquestionably the surprise feel...
Saturday, January 21, 2017

DID MERYL CREATE A METAPHOR FOR OUR TIMES?

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By Dominique Paul Noth Meryl Streep as Florence Foster Jenkins Pretty sure that the most difficult and successfully executed acting j...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

OVERDOING THE NEUROTIC SIDE OF JACKIE

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By Dominique Paul Noth Natalie Portman as "Jackie." In order to get inside the real Jacqueline Kennedy, masterful Chilean di...
Monday, January 16, 2017

MOONLIGHT ILLUMINATES FILM INDUSTRY, AS DOES LION

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By Dominique Paul Noth Sunny Pawar as the young Saroo In a review of “La La Land,” I mentioned in passing that “Lion” was an importan...

AUDACIOUS ADORABLE LA LA LAND STILL NOT BEST MOVIE OF YEAR

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By Dominique Paul Noth I would not hesitate to send every movie lover in the land, especially those with some cultural perspective, to ...
Saturday, February 6, 2016

TOO MUCH HOOPLA FOR ‘REVENANT’ NOT ENOUGH FOR ‘TRUMBO’

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By Dominique Paul Noth Leonardo DiCaprio in 'The Revenant' (Tom Hardy in background left). Is this really deserving best actor? ...
Sunday, January 31, 2016

MAKE ’ROOM’ IN YOUR OSCAR VIEWING

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By Dominique Paul Noth Jacob Tremblay and Brie Larson in "Room." “Room” is a fine film that grips veteran moviegoers with pa...