What to Watch
What to Watch: "Séraphine" (2008)
A forgotten film gem from France -- and a brief apology to my subscribers.
Ty Burr
Film Festivals
What to Watch at IFFBoston 2026
12 movies to catch at Boston's best film festival, April 22-29.
What to Watch
What to Watch: The Koker Trilogy, "Send Help"
Iranian director Abba Kiarostami's nesting-doll trio of classics has the power to renew a viewer's faith in movies, art and human beings. Plus: Rachel McAdams goes native.
What to Watch
What to Watch: "My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 - Last Air in Moscow"
Julia Loktev's monumental documentary about Putin's war against journalists comes to VOD.
What to Watch
Movies I Forgot I Reviewed: "Innocence" (2004)
From the archives: Marion Cotillard and a cast of schoolgirls in a disturbing, dreamlike meditation on childhood's end.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Digest 3/22/26
What to Watch
E.T. Go Home: "Project Hail Mary," "Islands"
A sybaritic slow-burner on demand and an over-manipulative crowd-pleaser from two directors who should know better.
Awards 🏆
Oscars Post-Mortem: Let People Enjoy Things
I’m glad PTA won best director, I’m doubly glad Michael B. Jordan won best actor, I wish for lots of reasons that “Sinners” had won best picture but, fine, the movie will last. And other thoughts.
Awards 🏆
Ty's Oscar Predictions, 2026
Do the problems of a little golden guy with no visible genitalia amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world?
Music 🎸
Pick Up the Pieces: A High School Reunion Playlist
One for the sixty-somethings: The wonderful, mortifying soundtrack of our adolescence.
What to Watch
What to Watch: The god-damn news, "Sirat," a new Jarmusch, and more.
Reviews of Spain's Oscar nominee, plus "Father Mother Sister Brother," Jodie Foster in "A Private Life," Claire Foy in "H is for Hawk" and one ball-busting Pre-Code movie starring Edward G. Robinson.
Awards 🏆
What to Watch: Oscar Shorts!
Reviews, predictions and links for all 15 nominees in all three short film categories, plus a belated look at "KPop Demon Hunters" and "Song Sung Blue."