Screen adaptations are a tricky thing. Popular books, plays, and musicals don’t always convert to the medium of film and DEAR EVAN HANSEN is one that was…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: “DEAR EVAN HANSEN” FAILS TO MAKE MORE OF ITS MUSICALITY”

Usually, horror films are filled with many slow-witted characters. They’re that way to make them easier victims, clueless and unaware of their surroundings, thereby easier to pick…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: THE MOODY “MARTYR’S LANE” MAKES A GIRL’S IMAGINATION A NIGHTMARE”

Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield give incredibly accomplished performances in the new biopic THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE. It’s no mean feat, considering that the characters they…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: ARE THE BAKKERS WORTHY OF OUR PITY IN “THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE”?”

The mantle of masculinity has always been at the heart of Paul Schrader’s work and his unflinching examination of it has made him one of cinema’s most…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: PAUL SCHRADER EXAMINES THE GUILT OF ABU GHRAIB IN “THE CARD COUNTER””

Original caricature by Jeff York of Richard E. Grant, Max Harwood, and Lauren Patel in EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE. (copyright 2021) The new movie musical EVERYBODY’S TALKING…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: “EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE” TELLS ITS STORY WITH HEART & PIZZAZZ”

Original caricature by Jeff York of Steve Martin, Selena Gomez, and Martin Short in ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING. (copyright 2021) There’s an adage in Hollywood that…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: “ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING” BUILDS ITS BIGGEST MYSTERY AROUND THE DETECTIVES”

Few horror films before or since were as daring as 1992’s CANDYMAN, written and directed by Bernard Rose. In that movie, a young female grad student (Virginia…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: THE REBOOT OF “CANDYMAN” BUILDS BEAUTIFULLY OFF OF THE ORIGINAL CULT CLASSIC”

Original caricature by Jeff York of Bob Ross (and Peapod the Squirrel) in the new documentary BOB ROSS: HAPPY ACCIDENTS, BETRAYAL & GREED. (copyright 2021) The marketing…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: NETFLIX PAINTS BOB ROSS’ LIFE IN PTHALO BLUE AND MIDNIGHT BLACK”

The biopic may be the surest Oscar bait for actors, but if the performer misses the mark, the entire enterprise sinks. The new film RESPECT, about the…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: “RESPECT” CAPTURES THE PERIOD BUT TOO LITTLE OF ARETHA FRANKLIN”

Leave it to the Marvel Cinematic Universe to keep raising the bar on almost everything they touch. They showed the world how superhero movies should be done…… Read more “New from Jeff York on The Establishing Shot: THE NEW TV SERIES “WHAT IF…?” GETS ANIMATED ABOUT ALTERING THE MCU”