On Cinema
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
The Critic
No they haven’t put the mag on the silver screen just yet, but its still worth watching
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The magic of the original stubbornly refused to rise from the dead and save the movie from mediocrity
Eerie decadence
“Blink Twice” accelerates from black comedy to dark drama
Cowboy quartet
A new screen Western is always welcome
A bore film
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is not just ahistorical, it is dull
Without a twist
This weather-based thriller is all hot air, but who doesn’t enjoy a warm summer breeze?
Polls at the pics
Films offer windows into the British and American political processes