
Ty Burr



New Movies
New Reviews: "Familiar Touch" and "M3gan 2.0" 🔒
One beautiful new movie about the end of one woman's memory and one enjoyable new schlock sequel.

Good Movies 📽
What to Watch: "Bob Trevino Likes It," "Blow the Man Down"
Narcissists, Murderesses and The Feelies, Oh My: Two wee audience-friendly sleepers, plus a trip down the Feelies rabbit hole with Ty and a hot little pre-Code classic.

New Movies
New Reviews: "28 Years Later," "Bride Hard," "Elio" 🔒
Plus a few thoughts on reality as filtered by our national news media.

What to Watch
What to Watch: "The Swimmer" & "Deep End"
Everybody out of the pool!

New Movies
New Reviews: "Prime Minister" & "Unholy Trinity" 🔒

What to Watch
What to Watch on a Weekend When You Should Be Marching
"Materialists" in theaters, "Make Way for Tomorrow" and "Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse" on demand.

Music 🎸
Brian Wilson 1942-2025
We just weren't made for his times.

New Movies
New Reviews: "Ballerina," "Straw" 🔒
From this week's WaPo reviews: A "John Wick" spinoff and the latest Tyler Perry melodrama

Good Movies 📽
I Know He Is But What Are You?
Matt Wolf's documentary peeks behind the surface of a pop-culture icon in search of the lost boy beneath. Plus, some thoughts about the new Wes Anderson design showroom - sorry, movie - the two faces of Dubrovnik and on demand recommendations.

Good Movies 📽
Tom Cruise Will Never Die
And other thoughts about "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning." Also: "I'm Still Here" and a new "Four Seasons" come to Netflix

One Good Film
One Good Film: "Land Ho!" (2014)
A hot spring of a movie: It fizzes a lot, and you come out feeling better than you went in.