Chris Knight
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Perfumes features the kind of employee-employer romance only the French can pull off
He's a chauffeur. She's an expert in perfumes. Is that love I smell? → Read More
In About Endlessness, life is absurd, dusty and grey, but at least it's short
And unlike its predecessor, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, it never quite takes flight → Read More
The Mitchells vs. the Machines has energy to spare
Not every joke lands, but the ones that crash at least do so spectacularly → Read More
A tortured soul with the voice of an angel
Documentary captures entertainer Tiny Tim in all his weirdness → Read More
Trolley Problem in space goes off the rails
In Stowaway, an extra astronaut on a ship bound for Mars creates a conundrum for the crew → Read More
Willy's Wonderland presents Nicolas Cage as we've never heard him before
Actor gives a rare silent performance in this campy horror. But he sure plays a mean pinball → Read More
The Good Traitor could have been a better movie
True story of Denmark's ambassador to America during the Second World War suffers from too much textbook dialogue → Read More
Violation starts dark and gets even darker
First feature is expertly crafted but not easy to watch → Read More
Death of a Ladies' Man finds inspiration in Leonard Cohen's music
It may not be the equal of the bard's best works, but then again, what is? → Read More
Time-loop redo with new oomph is a hoot
Joe Carnahan's Boss Level is Groundhog Day with guns and swordplay → Read More
Add Moxie to your curriculum of smart high-school comedies
Amy Poehler directs this story of a grade 11 student fed up with the status quo → Read More
Stars of For All Mankind play characters in the 1980s
Alternate-history sci-fi drama imagines the Soviets beat America to the moon in 1969. By the mid-'80s, much more has changed → Read More
Actors care more about the screenplay than it does for itself in I Care a Lot
Pulpy thriller casts Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage and Dianne Wiest in a cat-and-mouse battle → Read More
Anne at 13,000 Feet gives us a character poised between Earth and sky
Canadian actor Deragh Campbell draws viewers into her orbit → Read More
Jiu Jitsu feels like a movie from 24 years ago
In spite of (or because of) a deeply weird performance by Nicolas Cage, it feels oddly out of place here and now → Read More
Psycho Goreman is a blast from the VHS past
Slimy and fun, this silly sendup feels like it dropped by from a rainy afternoon in 1986, says Chris Knight → Read More
Herself's seesaw plot does generate sympathy for a put-upon protagonist
Clare Dunne stars as a woman trying to build her own house after leaving an abusive husband → Read More
Wild Mountain Thyme is set squarely in Ireland, though its accents aren't
Christopher Walken is the worst offender in a romance that leans heavily on cliché, says Chris Knight → Read More
10 movies about perseverance to get us through our pandemic winter
As we struggle through the dark days of a COVID winter with a cure tantalizingly around the corner, Hollywood knows how to share our pain → Read More
Pogues front man's life has been no fairytale, but he wouldn't have it any other way
‘I can write songs when I’m out of it,’ Shane MacGowan insists → Read More