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Fletcher Powell says a new movie is a major leap forward for a well known actor-turned-director.
Fletcher Powell looks at the new movie adaptation of a book that tackles a difficult historical subject.
For Halloween, KMUW's Fletcher Powell tells us about one of the season's best new horror movies.
The 22nd Tallgrass Film Festival begins today. KMUW's Fletcher Powell gives us a rundown of some of this year's featured movies.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell says a new movie's two leads make everything a whole lot better.
Fletcher Powell says what's at stake in a new documentary could hardly be more important.
Fletcher Powell looks at a new movie that causes us to ask big questions in small, quiet ways.
Fletcher Powell says a new movie is at least a tiny cut above what you might think you're getting.
Fletcher Powell says a new movie sequel doesn't have the lofty aims of its predecessor, but it's still worth a look.
Director Nicole Holofcener makes movies that aren't afraid to show flawed people - warts and all. This remains true with her most recent effort, which is titled "You Hurt My Feelings." KMUW film critic Fletcher Powell has more.
Acclaimed director Wes Anderson's most recent feature film is one of his more thematically and narratively dense works. Up next, KMUW movie critic Fletcher Powell takes a closer look.
Fletcher Powell looks at a recent Oscar-nominated film that tackles love, timing and the life paths we choose.
Fletcher Powell goes over a list of movies he discovered in 2023 that mean a lot to him.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell says a recently released movie is making him rethink a filmmaker.
Fletcher Powell picks some of his favorites from this year's Academy Award-nominated short films.
Fletcher Powell was off covering the Sundance Film Festival last week, here he is to tell us a little bit about it.
Fletcher Powell looks at a new movie that tells a tragic story of a father and his sons.
Fletcher Powell says a new movie reminds us of the joys and complications of people being people.
Fletcher Powell says a new movie is a whole lot better than anyone could have expected.
Fletcher Powell says the new movie "Bottoms" is nuts and you have to decide pretty quickly if you’re going to get on board with what it’s offering.
Fletcher Powell says a new movie promises something it doesn't even pretend to deliver.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell says a new movie brilliantly shows the intensity of everyday life.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell looks at a new documentary series that he says far surpasses its genre.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell says a new science fiction comedy is way more than meets the eye.
"The League" is a pretty good documentary that I wish were better, but its ambition is to be exactly what it is, and it’s hard to fault it for that.
Celine Song’s writing and direction in "Past Lives" are grounded but still have an airiness, despite the emotional weight.
"Asteroid City" is arguably Wes Anderson’s greatest artistic achievement and his most thematically dense.
Fletcher Powell recently watched "Extraction 2", it made him miss action movies that give us something to feel with our hands.
"Showing Up" reminds us that art is a real thing that real people do, not some mysterious sorcery. Even if it is a little bit magical.
The new movie "Reality" dramatizes the day of Reality Winner's arrest, but in such a quietly audacious way that it might be a little hard to believe.
Nicole Holofcener makes movies that show people with all their warts, pettiness, passions, and generosity, acknowledging that all of these things exist within us at once, and without passing judgment. Her latest is "You Hurt My Feelings".
"Kandahar" is a strange beast, in that it feels like an early 2000s action movie with a quick script rewrite to make it slightly less jingoistic.
Like a lot of movies today, "White Men Can't Jump" doesn’t have the confidence to let its humor arise from the characters and situations presented, and instead relies on gimmicks.
"BlackBerry" is incredibly entertaining, shot in a quasi-cinéma verité style, and it’s very conscious of the social and cultural markers that defined the late ‘90s and the decade or so that followed.
"Peter Pan & Wendy" isn’t a beat-for-beat remake of Disney’s 1953 film, although there’s plenty that will be instantly familiar to people who remember that one.
There’s a fine line between too silly and just silly enough, and "Polite Society" gleefully leaps back and forth across that line.
"Chevalier" should have been full of swashbuckling, heat, creative ecstasy, and boldness instead turns inert, muted, and moody.
Fletcher Powell was delightfully surprised by Martin Scorsese’s new movie about David Johansen, called "Personality Crisis: One Night Only".
You’ll find plenty of happy trees in the movie Paint, you’ll just need to brush away all the debris around them.
25 years ago today, David Mamet’s The Spanish Prisoner was released. It’s still a pretty nifty con artist movie, a genre Mamet has historically been among the very best at.
'Rye Lane' is reminiscent of the films of the American independent movement of the 1980s and ‘90s.
If being a public radio listener means always wanting to learn more, The Lost King delivers.
Viewers of the new film "Boston Strangler" will end up having trouble focusing on exactly which story the movie wants to tell.
Has everything in We Have a Ghost been done better before? Without question. It’s all far too long and tries to pack in way too much, but it’s cute and pleasant enough.
Director Ang Lee’s work in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a stunning love letter to filmmaking.
Magic Mike’s Last Dance is sexier than 99 percent of what will be released in the movie theater this year.
With M. Night Shyamalan, we take the bad with the good. And fortunately, this time out, the good is great.
Director Derek Jarman expresses his anger directly, fully, and poetically in his film Blue.
Infinity Pool may not reach greatness, but when you’ve got Cronenberg’s knack for tension and creating an ominous aura, you don’t always have to stick the landing.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell says in the new movie Skinamarink, what you can't see is scarier than what you can.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell says the new movie The Drop isn't concerned with in your face comedy.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell says The Pale Blue Eye leans hard into clichés instead of being afraid of them, and it turns this into exactly the kind of dark, deliciously brooding detective story we’re hoping for.
Fletcher Powell says a new movie is part of a growing trend in the kinds of movies we get to see.
Fletcher Powell says people looking to enrich their understanding of what can make the movies the great art they can be can turn to Sight and Sound.
Fletcher Powell says that Babylon is a deeply embarrassing, mind-melting exercise in tedium and bluster.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell says the director of The Eternal Daughter Joanna Hogg is a master at framing the people and places you see on screen.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell says Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is not ultimately a transcendent version of the story, but it is an admirable one.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell says the cannibalism in Bones and All isn't enough to make it interesting.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell says a new sequel to a beloved Disney movie lives down to its name.
Fletcher Powell says The Menu is not what you would call good family fun, but it could be fun to watch this Thanksgiving with a particularly perverse family.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell says a new movie tells a huge story in a deceptively simple way.
Fletcher Powell runs down the films he saw at the 2022 Tallgrass Film Festival in Wichita.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell says you'll need to decide how to approach a controversial new movie.
The movie 'Four Samosas' opens the Tallgrass Film Festival's gala screenings tonight at the Orpheum. It's a heist comedy set in Artesia, a small city in Los Angeles County known as Little India. The movie follows an aspiring rapper who hits on a plan to steal some diamonds from a local business owner... with mixed results. KMUW's Fletcher Powell spoke with the director and writer of 'Four Samosas,' Ravi Kapoor, about the movie ahead of its screening.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell says to watch one new movie, you may need to forget what you already know.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell's conversation with Terence Davies, argued by some to be the "greatest living director."
KMUW's Fletcher Powell looks at the new movie from a director who never gives us the whole story.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell looks at a new movie that tells the story of a father, a son, and a catfish.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell looks at a movie director who can shatter you without you even noticing.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell guarantees a new movie offers something you will not see coming.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell says a new movie shows its director is growing into a formidable filmmaker.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell says the new movie adaptation of a classic novel is a huge miscalculation.
KMUW's Fletcher Powell looks at the new movie from a young director who has a special quality.