Remembrances ⭐️
Roger Corman: A Filmmaker in Full
A talk with author and film historian Chris Nashawaty about the legacy of the B-movie king and mentor to a generation.
Weekly Digest
What to Watch
Reviews of "Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World," "I Saw the TV Glow," "Coup de Chance," "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes," and "Evil Does Not Exist."
TV Shows 📺
Some thoughts on the genetic continuity between two great funnymen of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Weekly Digest
The five top dog movies (RIP, Cricket), plus new movies in theaters and on demand.
Good Movies 📽
Reviews of new releases "The Idea of You," "The Sixth," "The Fall Guy," and "Unfrosted." Plus: Ron Howard, mensch.
Good Movies 📽
In memory of South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem's late, lamented Cricket, the top five dog movies on VOD.
Weekly Digest
This week: A fine Fiennes frolic from the vault, casting recent movies with classic stars, and eight movies to choose from for the weekend.
Good Movies 📽
Reviews of "Challengers," "Anyone But You," "Boy Kills World," "Stress Positions" and more theatrical and VOD choices.
Guilty Pleasures 🤦♂️
What a terrible yet brilliant idea: Stars of yesteryear in movies of today.
A guide to movies in theaters and on demand, plus pop culture observations, from a film critic with 40 years in the business.
A past morsel from the director of "Challengers." Plus: A couple of local film events this week and a spring sale.
Reviews of "Hundreds of Beavers," "Sasquatch Sunset," Cindy Lee's double album "Diamond Jubilee" and more.
12 Movies to Watch at the 21st Annual Independent Film Festival of Boston
Joshua Oppenheimer's Oscar-nominated documentaries -- two of the most audacious films ever made about genocide -- come to Netflix.
A new doc about a haunted and haunting singer-songwriter; plus reviews of "The Beast," "The Invisible Extinction," "La Chimera" and "The Greatest Hits"
Intuitive and intense, Marlon Brando rewrote the rules of acting and inspired generations of imitators. Where did they go?
Andrew Scott plays a new version of Patricia Highsmith's classic anti-hero on Netflix; plus "Girls State" on Apple TV+ and more.
Remembering a consummate comedy team player. Plus: one of 2023's best movies comes to VOD.
VOD recommendations: Something new ("Full Time"), something old ("Taste of Cherry"), something classy ("Anatomy of a Fall"), something trashy (the 1989 "Road House").
Like Dylan himself, the meanings of this once-radical film have come to seem accepted wisdom and common comfort.
Plus: Recommended movies, new and old, for all the major platforms.
What can we learn from last night’s awards ceremonies, a pleasantly scandal-free event that was just classy enough to avoid being embarrassing and just tacky enough to avoid being boring?