Christopher Plummer has played so many memorable roles. I mean, The Sound of Music! But here’s a question. As a…

Before we move on to the Earnest and Important, a word about Father Figures. I didn’t expect it, but this…

Good actors show up in terrible films. This year’s The Leisure Seeker is an example: the great Helen Mirren works…

The voice of Sally Hawkins is appealingly clear. Just last year she hummed and muttered her way through the overlooked…

The waves of the Pacific Ocean can be mesmerizing, providing solace and peace and, for surfers, excitement — a welcome…

Films about race and racism can be important. They’re also difficult to make. Witness Nate Parker’s Birth of a Nation,…

Frances McDormand is a force. It’s something in the actress’s voice, her eyes, her sense of humor and her quiet…

Steve Carell has often said the way to deal with hardship is through humor. The man we know from The…

Growing up with a Protestant minister for a father, I learned very little about Catholicism. I knew Christianity — the…

The towers burned, the city was in a panic. Most of us fled as smoke and fear filled the air….