Mick LaSalle
Film Critic and Columnist at San Francisco Chronicle
Film critic emeritus and columnist for The SF Chronicle, author of COMPLICATED WOMEN, DANGEROUS MEN, THE BEAUTY OF THE REAL, and other things.
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Feb 5, 2025 |
datebook.sfchronicle.com | Mick LaSalle
Amy Schumer in a scene from “Kinda Pregnant.” Photo: Spencer Pazer/NetflixThe key to any Amy Schumer comedy is how often she gets to play self-delusion, embarrassment, fear and rage. As long as the emotions, terrors and humiliations are big, she’s funny, and her latest, “Kinda Pregnant,” gives her lots of opportunities to be funny.
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Feb 3, 2025 |
datebook.sfchronicle.com | Mick LaSalle
Actor and director Clint Eastwood as Inspector Harry Callahan of the San Francisco Police Department in the action film “Dirty Harry,” 1971. Photo: Silver Screen Collection/Getty ImagesDear Mick: As a filmmaker, Clint Eastwood is drawn to stories that are dark, troubling and morally ambiguous. I’m thinking specifically of “Tightrope,” “Unforgiven,” “Mystic River” and “Million Dollar Baby.” Where in his work as a director do you think “Hereafter” fits in?
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Jan 31, 2025 |
datebook.sfchronicle.com | Mick LaSalle
Kristen Stewart, left, and Steven Yeun in “Love Me.” Photo: Bleecker Street/TNSKristen Stewart almost saves “Love Me.” To see her here — that is, to see her comfortable in her own skin, her intense way of listening and the freshness of her reactions — as well as to hear the idiosyncratic truth of her line readings — is to be confronted by an extraordinary screen presence. She has the aura of someone about to do the best work of her life, but “Love Me” isn’t it.
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Jan 20, 2025 |
msn.com | Mick LaSalle
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Jan 20, 2025 |
datebook.sfchronicle.com | Mick LaSalle
A man watches the flames from the Palisades Fire burning homes on the Pacific Coast Highway amid a powerful windstorm on Jan. 8 in Los Angeles. Photo: Apu Gomes/Getty ImagesRight now, we’re at the stage of the Los Angeles fire disaster where we’re worried about lives and property. We’re hearing about movie stars, like Mel Gibson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and John Goodman, losing their homes and about people neither rich nor famous who are also losing their homes.
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