New Reviews: "Anemone" and "The Smashing Machine" 🔒

A great actor returns in a less-than-great movie and a popular star goes indie-unrecognizable.

What to Watch: Windswept with Wolfhounds

A potpourri of streaming recs, including Powell and Pressburger's "I Know Where I'm Going!," a neat little Riz Ahmed thriller and a documentary compendium of Bob Dylan's Newport appearances. For starters.

New Reviews: "One Battle After Another," "The Lost Bus" 🔒

Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie is something to see. So you should see it.

Going Underground Part II

Following last week's post, a round-up of sites and newsletters with an eye toward an eventual unofficial news network. Oh, also a movie recommendation.

Watch List Digest 9/20/25

A busy and mournful week: Robert Redford died and so did late-night TV as a free market of political comedy. Plus: Some movies to watch.

What to Watch: "Souleyman's Story," "Undine"

Plus new reviews of "Steve," "A Big Bold Beautiful Journey" and "Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale" (one hopes).

Going Underground

The news industry is in crisis. We need something new. A modest proposal.

Robert Redford 1936-2025 🔒

This one hurts, doesn’t it?

What to Watch When You're Hiding Under the Couch

Some movies to lighten your existential load this week -- or to confirm it.

Toronto Report III: "Hamnet," "Frankenstein" and more

Reviews of the new Chloé Zhao, del Toro's monster movie, "The Smashing Machine," "Good Fortune" and "The Christophers"

Toronto Report II: "Knives Out," "Ann Lee," "Bad Apples" and a "Lost Bus"

Coming to theaters near you: A darker, deeper (but still funny!) "Knives Out," an 18th-century rave about the founder of the Shakers, a new Saoirse Ronan and more.

Toronto Report I: "Sentimental Value," "It Was Just an Accident," "Nouvelle Vague"

Joachim Trier's best movie to date? Richard Linklater's love letter to Godard and Truffaut? Peak Panahi? Read on.