Awards 🏆
Oscar Nominations 2025
Who's in, who's out, who cares? (Well, I do.)
Ty Burr
Film Festivals
12 Movies I Want to See at Sundance 2025
Between the fires in L.A. and the clown show in Washington, the festival vibe may be weirder than usual this year.
What to Watch
Eight Good Movies on Prime (and 1 Stinker)
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. It’s a sunny day with a fresh three inches of snow here in Boston and a good time to count one’s blessings and plot out ways to make this a better country for everyone in it in the weeks, months, and years
Watch List Digest 1/18/25
Remembrances ⭐️
Reviews: "Wolf Man," "Back in Action" + Requiem for a Seer
This week's WaPo pieces: Two reviews and a David Lynch appreciation.
Remembrances ⭐️
David Lynch: A Memory
How the director schooled a young critic in the proper approach to art and mystery
Good Movies 📽
New reviews: "The Brutalist," "The Room Next Door," "September 5" & "Hard Truths"
What to Watch
What to Watch: Cut the Crap
Where do you turn when there's nothing -- I mean NOTHING -- on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video? The Criterion Channel. Here are 8 best bets.
Events
Ty's Movie Club: "Aguirre, The Wrath of God" (1972)
Just in time for Inauguration Day, a Werner Herzog classic on the madness of crowns.
What to Watch
What to Watch: "Nickel Boys" & "The Seed of the Sacred Fig"
My two latest reviews for the WaPo. One of the films is very, very good. The other one is just the best movie of 2024.
Best of the Year
The 20 Best Movies of 2024
"Nickel Boys" leads the Watch List's annual honor roll of entertainments and provocations.
Good Movies 📽
Tangled Up in Bob - further thoughts on "A Complete Unknown"
Some further thoughts on "A Complete Unknown, a broadside against nasty commenters, and a review of "The Tree of the Sacred Fig"