There is a certain brand of humor generated by “Saturday Night Live” that makes for entertaining sketch comedy, but shoddy comedic films. For years, SNL ...
What better way to indulge in nostalgia than to make a period film? Bharat Nalluri’s new film, “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day,” takes this ...
I’ll admit it—I’m a sucker for a good heist movie. There is something hypnotizing about watching a group of people commit a (mostly) nonviolent crime. Why ...
With a tagline like “Three relationships. Three disasters. One last chance,” one might expect the fourth disaster that the wordsmith who composed that line forgot ...
Well, we all knew it had to happen sometime. Frankly, I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner. Director Anne Fletcher has taken the old axiom “always a ...
It seems like everybody wants to figure out Bob Dylan these days. In 2005, Martin Scorsese released “No Direction Home,” a revealing documentary that examined ...
If you’ve ever heard the song “Across the Universe” (and if you haven’t, please find an appropriate time to do so), you’ll know that it’s ...
Whatever else you might say about Wes Anderson, you’ve got to admit that the man has panache. Of all the filmmakers working today, Anderson has ...
To paraphrase Bob Dylan: The times are a-changing, at least in terms of Walla Walla’s theater repertoire. Previously, if you wanted to catch a bit ...