Schirmer Cinema – A Century of Cinema: Reviews by Scott Schirmer

The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)

[5] After a seven-year hiatus, Star Wars returns to the big screen with The Mandalorian and Grogu. Based on a television series you don't need to watch to enjoy the feature version, the film features a loner mercenary nicknamed 'Mando'…

May 22, 2026

Bambi (1942)

[10] With relatively little dialogue and an abundance of montage, Walt Disney's Bambi plays out like a beautiful tone poem on rites of passage, death and rebirth. There's a 'circle of life' undercurrent to the film that makes it especially…

May 21, 2026

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

[7] Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once) joins Pierce Brosnan for his second turn as James Bond. In Tomorrow Never Dies, they both play secret agents trying to stop a nefarious media mogul (Jonathan Pryce) from tricking China and…

May 21, 2026

The Sheep Detectives (2026)

[8] In this refreshingly sophisticated and highly emotional family film, Hugh Jackman (Logan) plays a sheep herder who reads mystery novels to his flock every evening -- and they understand what they hear. When the sheep find him dead one…

May 20, 2026

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

[6] A rocket ship returns to earth, but two of the pilots are missing and the third is inexplicably ill and unable to speak. Professor Quatermass (Brian Donlevy), who sent the men into space without the government's consent, is eager…

May 19, 2026

The Rocketeer (1991)

[9] Based on a graphic novel by Dave Stevens, The Rocketeer stars Bill Campbell as a young pilot in 1938 Los Angeles who comes into possession of a mysterious jetpack prototype and uses it to become a masked, flying hero.…

May 18, 2026

Enter Madame! (1934)

[4] Elissa Landi and Cary Grant star in this romantic comedy about an opera fan (Grant) who falls in love with one of its most in-demand singers (Landi). When they marry, Grant's character enjoys the frivolity and camaraderie of Landi…

May 17, 2026