Sara Stewart, Author at Book and Film Globe

Documentaries

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Documentaries Dominated at Sundance Again

January 28, 2023January 31, 2023 Sara Stewart 0 Comments Judy Blume Forever, King Coal, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, Sundance Film Festival, The Disappearance of Shere Hite

Shere Hite, Brooke Shields, and Judy Blume all feature in excellent docs this year

Sundance

Was This the Best Sundance Narrative Feature Year Ever?

January 27, 2023 Sara Stewart 0 Comments Daisy Ridley, Jonathan Majors, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Magazine Dreams, Michaela Watkins, Nicole Holofcener, Polite Society, Priya Kansara, Sundance, Tobias Menzies, You Hurt My Feelings

Or has my bad movie radar just improved?

A Whale of A Sequel

December 17, 2022December 24, 2022 Sara Stewart 0 Comments Avatar 2: The Way of Water, James Cameron, Jemaine Clement, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Zoë Saldana

In ‘Avatar 2: The Way of Water’, James Cameron brings the underseas 3D bombast

Top Ten

One of These Top Ten Films Lists Is Not Like The Others

December 13, 2022December 15, 2022 Sara Stewart 0 Comments Alex Garland, Bones and All, Do Revenge, Emma Thompson, Fire Island, Jessie Buckley, Joel Kim Booster, Jordan Peele, Luca Guadagnino, Maya Hawke, Men, Nope, Rory Kinnear, She Said, The Lost City, Timothée Chalamet, Triangle of Sadness, Woody Harrelson

“Sophisticated” or not, our critic chooses the movies that brought her joy this year

She Said

‘She Said’ Lets Women Speak

November 28, 2022December 2, 2022 Sara Stewart 1 Comment

Updating the template of the investigative journalism movie

Ticket To Paradise

‘Ticket’ to Nowhere

October 22, 2022October 27, 2022 Sara Stewart 0 Comments George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Kaityln Dever, The White Lotus, Ticket To Paradise

Julia Roberts and George Clooney no longer equal romantic comedy gold

Don't Worry Darling

‘Don’t Worry,’ It’s Not So Bad

September 26, 2022October 3, 2022 Sara Stewart 0 Comments Chris Pine, Don't Worry Darling, Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Olivia Wilde

You could drive a vintage car through the plot holes (and Harry Styles’s performance) in ‘Don’t Worry Darling,’ but it’s got something to say

Moonage Daydream

DOCUMENTARY FILM

All The David Bowies

September 20, 2022September 25, 2022 Sara Stewart 0 Comments Brett Morgen, David Bowie, Moonage Daydream

‘Moonage Daydream’ is an immersive trip, maybe a little long

The Woman King

‘The Woman King’ Takes Some Historical Liberties

September 18, 2022September 26, 2022 Sara Stewart 2 Comments Gina Prince-Bythewood, John Boyega, Lashana Lynch, The Woman King, Viola Davis

Name a Hollywood history that doesn’t

Wanting More On Those ‘Thirteen Lives’

August 9, 2022August 16, 2022 Sara Stewart 1 Comment Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, Ron Howard, Thirteen Lives, Viggo Mortensen

Ron Howard’s take on Thai soccer team’s rescue spends too much time under water

Aline

Her Heart Will Sort Of Go On

April 13, 2022 Sara Stewart 0 Comments Aline, Celine Dion, Valerie Lemercier

‘Aline’ doesn’t really do justice to Celine Dion’s weird legacy

Jackass

Is ‘Jackass’ Cruel to Animals?

February 7, 2022April 3, 2022 Sara Stewart 2 Comments Bam Margera, Jackass Forever, Johnny Knoxville, PETA

The old guys doing human stunts is still fun. The monkey business isn’t anymore.

Leo Grande

It Was a Dark and Stormy Sundance

January 28, 2022 Sara Stewart 0 Comments Call Jane, Carey Williams, Emergency, Emma Thompson, Evan Rachel Wood, Good Luck To You Leo Grande, Marilyn Manson, Phoenix Rising, Sundance

Lots of great movies, anxious about our times

MacGruber

Classic MacGruber

January 18, 2022January 24, 2022 Sara Stewart 0 Comments Adam Scott, Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar, Billy Zane, Jorma Taccone, Kristen Wiig, Macgruber, Michael Bay, Scott Aukerman, Val Kilmer, Will Forte

The funniest show on TV is hiding in plain sight on Peacock

Barb and Star

The Best Movies Of 2021

December 29, 2021December 31, 2021 Sara Stewart 0 Comments Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar, Candyman, Dune, Kurt Vonnegut Unstuck In Time, Nicolas Cage, Petite Maman, Pig, Spencer, The Lost Daughter, West Side Story

Scenes from a weird year

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