A Note to Readers

I’m on deadline for a newspaper for which I have little remaining respect. Why am I doing it?

What to Watch: Pre-Oscar Catch-up

Recent movies at affordable VOD prices! Plus: One to avoid.

The Whole Almodóvar

All 23 of the Spanish director's feature films are newly available on demand. I rate every last one of them and tell you where to find them.

New Reviews: "Capt. America," "Armand," Oscar shorts

Are you tired of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies? Yeah, me too.

What to Watch: Stone'd Again

Questlove's "Sly Lives!" comes to Hulu, a powerhouse Marianne Jean-Baptiste double-bill pops up on Amazon, and more.

Reviews: "No Other Land" and "Porcelain War"

Two stark Oscar-nominated documentaries of struggle and endurance in the West Bank and in Ukraine.

Fiddling (with the Remote) While Rome Burns

Five new releases just hitting VOD -- and seven sleepers hiding on your streaming platform menus.

Ty's Movie Club: "Mulholland Drive"

This Thursday, February 6, at 6:30 p.m. at the West Newton Cinema, a screening and discussion of the late David Lynch's greatest film. (Arguably? Then come and argue.)

Sundance 2025 Report III

Reviews of "The Wedding Banquet," "The Perfect Neighbor," "Free Leonard Peltier," "Peter Hujar's Day," "Gen_" and "Zodiac Killer Project"

Sundance 2025 Report II

Reviews of "Train Dreams," "Rebuilding," "The Kiss of the Spider Woman" and "Together."

Watch List Digest 1/25/25

Busy week! Sundance 2025, Oscar nominations, and a guide to good movies on Amazon Prime.

Sundance 2025 Report I

Arab teenage rebels, Sly Stone, Pee-wee Herman and more from the first three days of the Sundance Film Festival.