Remembrances ⭐️
Ann Hornaday 1960 – 2026
Some thoughts on the passing of a movie critic and a friend.
Ty Burr
Weekly Digest
Watch List Digest 10/17/26
Reviewed this week: "NAZA," "You Can See Everything," "Sense and Sensibility" and more.
What to Watch
Austen Power: "Sense and Sensibility"
Daisy Edgar-Jones and George McKay are the best things in a plain-Jane adaptation -- but that's good enough.
What to Watch
Stranger Than Non-Fiction: "You Can See Everything"
Is Nathan Fielder's 3-hour documentary about Elizabeth Holmes one of the best movies of the year? It's certainly one of the weirdest.
What to Watch
"NAZA": The Executioners' Songs
A chilling documentary on the genocide in Gaza holds a mirror up to a nation's illusions.
Film Festivals
What to Watch at IFFBoston's Fall Festival*
Eight to see at Boston's best film festival (autumn edition). Plus a few other events.
New Movies
Apocalypse Yow: "Digger"
Alejandro Iñárritu and Tom Cruise go for baroque in a love-it-or-hate-it supersized satire.
Firesign of the Times 🔒︎
Why a 55-year-old comedy LP is one of the greatest satires this country has produced - and why it's as relevant today as when it came out.
What to Watch
Thoughts and Preyers: “Primetime” v “Predators”
The new Robert Pattinson drama has great performances and a queasy moral compass. Plus: New films on demand and a couple of classic recommendations.
Festival Reports
TIFF Report IV: Batting Clean-Up
Reviews of "Babies," "Bucking Fastard," "Edward Said: Between Worlds," "Everybody Wants to F*ck Me," "The Face of Horror," "Love of Your Life," "Possible Love," "The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives," "A Talent for Murder," "Union Town"
Festival Reports
TIFF Report III: "Elsinore," "Bitter Christmas," "Being Heumann," "Alpha Gang"
A new Almodóvar, a feel-good biopic of a disability-rights legend, a likely Best Actor bell-ringer and, from the Zellner brothers, one of the damnedest things I've ever seen,
Festival Reports
TIFF Report II: "I Play Rocky,""Ink,” "Up Against It," "The Long Winter"
An underdog story about an underdog story is an unexpected highlight at the Toronto Film Festival