Remembrances ⭐️
It's been a busy week with all sorts of irons in the fire, movie- and life-related, so I thought I'd dust off one of the very first Watch List postings from 2021 because it was fun to write and because this guy is fun to read about.
One Good Film
The silliest role of Meryl Streep's career is also one of the warmest, thanks to the late, great Jonathan Demme.
Weekly Digest
What do movie posters tell us? Also, a farewell to a pulp genius and some musings on what film patriotism might look like in 2025.
Good Movies 📽
And a tip to a pretty good film for the upcoming Patriot's Day
New Movies
On movie posters and the mixed messages they send us. Plus: the lurid pleasures of the late Robert McGinnis, pulp illustrator extraordinaire
New Movies
Four new theatrical releases, four reviews from the WaPo.
What to Watch
Plus: A guide to the weekend's best streaming movie bets.
Remembrances ⭐️
The original freak-folkie and one of this country's great outsider artists has passed on to the jamboree in the sky. You don't know what we've lost.
A guide to movies in theaters and on demand, plus pop culture observations, from a film critic with 40 years in the business.
Compassion seems to be the watchword of the week's posts, and I know you know we could use some.
Bless the beasts and the ... never mind, just bless the beasts. Plus: movies to remember Val Kilmer by.
A profoundly moving documentary about an unlikely friendship, with a little bit of Zen throat-clearing from yours truly.
New theatrical releases, your best streaming movie bets and one glorious stinker.
Movies to resist by, a new "Snow White" reviewed, and more.
A much-mocked remake turns out to be not half bad and a cursed film from Sundance 2023 finally surfaces.
Some movies to stiffen the spine as we head into the wind.
A ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ baseball movie, a ⭐ 1/2 horror-comedy bomb, and a few things on the high end between, including ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ and a new Soderbergh.
I really do have some movie tips in this one, but first I want to talk about where we get our information. I am grateful for your indulgence.
