Film Review | ‘The French Connection’ | Part of the Hackman Connection at SBIFF’s Film Center in Downtown Santa Barbara
“The French Connection” proved that Gene Hackman could carry a film — and redefine the crime genre in the process.
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Film Review | ‘The Conversation’ | Part of the Hackman Connection at SBIFF’s Film Center in Downtown Santa Barbara
Gene Hackman dials down the volume and turns up the tension in “The Conversation,” Francis Ford Coppola’s haunting paranoia thriller.
Film Review | Dangerous Day Jobbing
The Fall Guy brings together “Barbenheimer” stars Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in an action-packed, insider homage to stuntmen.
Film review | ‘Io Capitano’ — Dreaming of a Better Life, with Nightmares in Store
Matteo Garrone’s gripping refugee saga ‘Io Capitano,’ an SBIFF highlight, screens at the Riviera.
Film Review | ‘Driving Madeleine’, a Short Ride Through a Long Life
Christian Carion’s artistic feel good film Driving Madeleine chronicles a life, in drive.
Movie Review | ‘Ferrari’
“Ferrari” features great performances but sadly is not a huge winner.
Review | The Documentarian Who Came in from the Cold
Unique documentarian Erroll Morris is up to new tricks with his new John le Carré doc, “The Pigeon Tunnel,” now at the Riviera Theatre.
Movie Review | Dollhouse of Cards
Arthouse meets popcorn in Greta Gerwig’s bedazzling ‘Barbie’.
Movie Review | Wes’s World, Reconstituted
Writer-Director Wes Anderson’s latest film-world, “Asteroid City,” goes retro-kitschy with an all-star cast, to endearing ends.
Review | Secret Life of Plant-Keepers
Auteur Paul Schrader’s latest film, “Master Gardener,” tills soil familiar and otherwise.
