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."
Ty Burr
Remembrances ⭐️
Frederick Wiseman 1930-2026
What the great documentarian leaves as his legacy: The human species, observed.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Digest 2/20/26
Farewells to Bud Cort, Robert Duvall and our collective moviegoing youth.
What to Watch
What to Watch: 10 Good Movies on Netflix 🔒
You want art, go to the Criterion Channel.
Remembrances ⭐️
Robert Duvall 1931-2026
Farewell to one of the cinema's greatest character stars.
Remembrances ⭐️
Bud Cort 1948-2026
What the star of "Harold and Maude" once meant to the author's younger self.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Digest 2/8/26
Getcher Bad Bunny playlist right here. And more.
Music 🎸
Fred Smith: Ace of Bass
Farewell to the heartbeat of a legendary rock band.
New Movies
What to Watch: "The Secret Agent"
Brazil's four-time Oscar nominee comes to streaming platforms in time for you to bone up - or get your Wagner Moura freak on - before the big night. Plus: Sundance reviews of "Josephine" and "Ha-chan: Shake Your Booty!"
Music 🎸
How to Prep for a Halftime Show
Remembrances ⭐️
Catherine O'Hara 1954-2026
Come with us as the Watch List revisits highlights of a brilliantly demented career. Plus a few thoughts on the man known as Conejo Malo -- the Bunny Who is Bad
What to Watch
What to Watch: "Mr. Nobody Against Putin" and more
A startling documentary from inside Russia, plus two streaming recommendations, one must-avoid and a celebration of Brazil's director-of-the-moment.