Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 12/29/23
Just one this week, but it's the big one.
Ty Burr
Good Movies 📽
The 20 Best Movies of 2023
What to Watch While Waiting for the End of the World
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 12/22/23
This week: Shameless self-promotion, a brand new podcast, and the 70 best movies currently on Netflix.
Good Movies 📽
Xmas Special: The 70 Good Movies on Netflix
Podcast
Classics of the New Millennium: "The Tree of Life" (2011) with guest filmmaker Alex Winter
The "Zappa" documentarian (and erstwhile Bill S. Preston Esq.) joins me to sing the praises of Terrence Malick's masterpiece.
A Holiday Reminder
Stumped for a movie-lover's stocking stuffer? Give the gift of the Watch List.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 12/15/23
This week: Boston critics' best of 2023, five new movies reviewed, and a shared post on this platform's darker voices.
Good Movies 📽
What To Watch: Five for the Weekend
Reviews of "Wonka," "The Zone of Interest," "Monster," "American Fiction," and "Finestkind."
Substackers Against Nazis
A collective letter to Substack leadership
Awards 🏆
Boston Crix Name "Holdovers" Best of 2023
And other thoughts on the uselessness of movie awards.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 12/8/23
A new podcast conversation about one of the Watch List's very favorite movies and new reviews for two of 2023's finest.
Good Movies 📽
What to Watch: "Poor Things" and "The Boy and the Heron"
A double shot of four-star fantasy from Japan's master animator and Greece's bad-boy auteur.