Category Archives: The Current Cinema

“Palm Springs” and the Comedy of Eternity

July 20, 2020

The Current Cinema
“Palm Springs” and the Comedy of Eternity

Following in the footsteps of “Groundhog Day,” Max Barbakow’s spirited film turns a wedding into Purgatory, with bumbling speeches and so-so canapés on endless repeat.

by Anthony Lane

Overseas Operations

June 29, 2020

The Current Cinema
“Mr. Jones” Remembers When Stalin Weaponized Famine
The horrors of the Holodomor, in which millions of Ukrainians starved, are dramatized, but not inflated, in Agnieszka Holland’s new film.
by Anthony Lane

Greta Gerwig’s Raw, Startling “Little Women”

January 6, 2020

The Current Cinema
Greta Gerwig’s Raw, Startling “Little Women”

What emerges from Gerwig’s adaptation is a strong sense that indignation is not just the natural lot of women but their rousing right.

by Anthony Lane

Remembrance of Kills Past in “The Irishman”

November 4, 2019

The Current Cinema
Remembrance of Kills Past in “The Irishman”
Patient, composed, and cool to the point of froideur, Martin Scorsese’s latest film, speculating on the fate of Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino), slows the passage of time.
by Anthony Lane