Author: Tomris Laffly

“Male characters in movies have been allowed to be pretty terrible people and still get us to root for them. We have to be able to love messy anti-hero female characters, even female villains, as much as we do male ones.”

Yen Tan’s miracle of a film masterfully sets a heartbreaking, small-scaled familial story against the massive backdrop of the AIDS crisis.

Long-time Paul Thomas Anderson collaborator’s work in ‘Phantom Thread’ is a lot more complex than it gets credit for.

In a puzzling casting decision, actual heroes play themselves in Clint Eastwood’s dull ode to American audacity.

‘White Rabbit,’ ‘Skate Kitchen,’ and ‘Shirkers’ are inventive female-driven stories of defiance and identity.

Liam Neeson’s punches save the day in this satisfying, 90s-inspired Jaume Collet-Serra locomotive.

An exploration of the best movie fashion of 2017.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest is a handsomely stitched love story, draped with surprising delights.

Steven Spielberg’s latest gives The Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham her due with a polished drama.