Howie Movshovitz
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Good Intentions, But 'Where’d You Go Bernadette' Doesn't Go Far Enough
You can blame this review on Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock is the one long-dead filmmaker whom just about nobody thinks is either from the olden days or out → Read More
'Three Peaks' Looks Beautiful But Falls Flat
It’s pretty easy to tell that Jan Zabeil, the director of Three Peaks , has been a cinematographer until now. Three Peaks is his first feature as director, → Read More
Too Much Killing Detracts From 'Hotel Mumbai' Story
In the abstract, much of Hotel Mumbai looks like the end of a James Bond picture, when all the bad guys in the lair of the villain are gunned down. But → Read More
Take A Chance And See Something New At The Denver Film Festival
There’s also more than what any human being can see. Over 300 films, total, counting shorts and 135 feature-length films from all over the world. I’ve seen → Read More
More From Telluride – Or How I Choose The Films I Review
When I told a friend about the films at the Telluride Film Festival which I thought were important, he said that in what he’d read, none of those films had → Read More
Vivid, Powerful Films Shine At Telluride Film Festival
As usual, the richness of film on display at this 45th Telluride Film Festival is almost too much to hold in mind all at once. For days afterward, the → Read More
Holocaust Film, 'A Bag Of Marbles' Told Through The Eyes Of A Young Boy
Christian Duguay’s A Bag of Marbles treads a thin line. The movie tells a story of the Holocaust – based on an actual life – and while the film is → Read More
'Journey's End' Presents A Clear View Of The Absurdity Of War
If Journey’s End didn’t have on-screen titles setting the scene, you’d still know it was in a trench in World War I. The iconic World War I images are all → Read More
Another Disappointing Year For The Oscar-Nominated Shorts
One might think of the short films nominated for Oscars as work by aspiring filmmakers who manage to cobble together enough money to make their films. That → Read More
Howie's Picks For The 22nd Annual Denver Jewish Film Festival
Actress Hedy Lamarr was drop dead beautiful. Her best films are probably Algiers and Boom Town . She’s sultry in campy pictures like White Cargo and Samson → Read More
The Volatility Of Life in Lebanon featured in 'The Insult'
The complications grow so thick and intertwined in Ziad Doueiri’s The Insult that the prospect of untangling them feels hopeless. Two guys get in what → Read More
In 'The Post,' Streep Becomes Katherine Graham Taking Charge
"The Post" is Steven Spielberg’s new film about a momentous decision to publish a secret government report and a necessary celebration of America’s free → Read More
'The Square' Is Moral, Without Being Moralistic
The Square , by the Swedish writer/director Ruben Östlund, opens as Christian (Claes Bang) the chief curator of a Swedish museum, is about to be → Read More
New Documentary Explores The Career of 'Bill Nye: Science Guy'
Bill Nye: Science Guy gets interesting when the documentary turns awkward and disorganized. For a while, the film paints Nye in heroic form. He makes → Read More
Surprise Yourself With The Denver Film Festival
For 40 years, the Denver Film Festival has brought to this area hundreds and hundreds of good films from all over the world that would not show here → Read More
Shoes For Lizards And A 'Happy End' From Howie
People who know me recognize that my devotion to fashion is limited. Fashion makes little sense to me, and even though I've watched The Devil Wears Prada → Read More
Movies Are Also About Business At The Toronto International Film Festival
Many of the films at Telluride come to Toronto a couple of days later, but in atmosphere two wonderful festivals are opposites. Telluride is the exquisite → Read More
'Detroit' Holds A Mirror To The Motor City
The faces of most of the actors in Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit are young. Early in the picture, a white cop shoots a young black man running away from him. → Read More
'Atomic Blonde' Explosive, But Lacking As A Spy Movie
The director of Atomic Blonde , David Leitch has never directed a feature film before, but he has loads of experience as a stuntman, a stunt double and a → Read More
'The Ornithologist' - A Film That Soars With Originality
The Ornithologist is a bland title for a movie that is anything but. The film may start with a bird watcher, but by the time it ends, you’re looking at a → Read More