Cube Critics

A Russian story of two women experiencing post-war recovery in “Beanpole” and an Olympic cross-country skier and a volunteer dentist look for love very awkwardly in the Athletes Village at the South Korea Winter Games in “Olympic Dreams.” Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Marcheta Fornoff explain why both movies are worth seeing.

This week we have a director who makes films about dysfunctional families, a movie about a dysfunctional family on vacation, and a woman working in a horribly dysfunctional company. Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Marcheta Fornoff fearlessly face all this disarray and discuss it.

Correction (Feb. 14, 2020): An earlier version of this story incorrectly listed the wrong title for the film “Downhill.”

Is the new Harlequin movie “Birds of Prey” better than “Suicide Squad”? What about the new Italian mob movie “The Traitor”? Which is more violent? And what will win the best picture Oscar this weekend? Cube Critics Marcheta Fornoff and Euan Kerr discuss…

Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Nancy Yang delve into the wonders of modern animation with the 2020 Oscar-nominated animated shorts and the intricacies of the last 35 years of Russian history through the lens of Alex Gibney with “Citizen K.”

The late 1800s novel “The Turn of the Screw” has stood the test of time. Can its silver screen adaptation, “The Turning,” do the same? And how does “The Gentlemen” compare to the rest of Guy Ritchie’s movies? Cube Critics Marcheta Fornoff and Tracy Mumford hash it out.

The Cube Critics have been busy and reel off thoughts on "Dolittle", "Bad Boys for Life", "Les Miserables”, and “Just Mercy”.

“1917” was one of the big winners at the Golden Globes this year, winning awards for best drama and for Sam Mendes as best director. Yet as it opens in theaters around most of the country this week international news gives added resonance to the film. Cube Critics Marcheta Fornoff and Euan Kerr talk it through.

A slow period in early January allows Cube Critics Marcheta Fornoff and Euan Kerr to catch up with some of the year-end tsunami of new movies.

There have been a lot of great movies released in 2019, and in this episode Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Marcheta Fornoff fearlessly list their four favorite films of the year. Now we just have to wait to see if the Academy agrees.....

Cube Critics arrive early this week because of the midweek holiday and releases. Does Greta Gerwig do justice to "Little Women"? And does Christian Bale make a convincing race car driver? And how does Terrance Malick deal with a story with a beginning, an end, and a middle in-between? Euan Kerr and Marcheta Fornoff reveal just enough.