Ben Cahlamer
‘Of an Age’: Movie Review
Love is a curious event in our lives, one that finds us when we least expect it, one that we sometimes fail to fully appreciate. Time is an aspect of that love. Together, human intuition takes over, making for awkwardness
‘Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania’: Movie Review
Entering its fifth phase in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Peyton Reed returns to the director’s chair for Ant-Man’s latest entry, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. Interestingly, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania felt like it was transfixed in a dreamlike state
Movie Review: “One for All: The DJ Chris Villa Story”
It is difficult to tell the story of Jeremy A. Lopez’s One for All: The DJ Chris Villa Story without mentioning my own. As Chris says in the documentary, “keep it simple.” So, I won’t start with my own story
Film Review: “One Fine Morning”
Premiering in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Mia Hansen-Løve’s One Fine Morning (Un beau matin in other territories) hits theaters this weekend. The award-winning romantic drama features Léa Seydoux as Sandra Kienzler, an exceptionally bright
Film Review: “The Son”
Akira Kurosawa once said, “in a mad world, only the mad are sane.” Florian Zeller explores a fine line between the madness and desperation of those who are left in the wake of a tragic family event and those of
‘M3GAN’ Movie Review
In cinematic terms, January is usually a wasteland for new releases, often “dumped” by studios that know they won’t perform well, or future Oscar contenders spilled over from their December LA/NYC playdates. New-to-the-year releases are a risky venture, yet the
Top Ten of 2022: A Unity in Cinema
Top Ten films of 2022 . . . that’s a tough chore. Once again, I’m coming in right under the wire. As I write this, my list of Top Films of 2022, we’re seven hours, 30 minutes from ringing in
‘Spoiler Alert’ Review: Romance Story is Long on Romance, Short on Fundamentals
I confess that, as a film critic, I go into movies cold these days. Trailers tend to give too much away. Social media is ablaze with factoids about new projects; I don’t want to know what a movie will say
‘Emancipation’ Film Review: Will Smith Starrer Struggles To Find Identity
As students, we’re taught about the Emancipation Proclamation that Lincoln signed in the 1800s. What we’re not taught is the effort it took those who were enslaved to free themselves. To this day, we’re still not introduced to the bold
‘She Said’ Review: Lack of Dramatic Urgency Hampers Greatest Social Change in This Generation
Throughout history, investigative journalism has been at the center of the biggest stories to bring down those men thought to be untouchable. In the case of Maria Schrader’s She Said are Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, and Rebecca Corbett’s investigative expose