Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 7/21/23
Reviews of "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer," plus the Watch List turns two, prompting a small fit of contemplation.
Ty Burr
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"Barbenheimer" Weekend Pt. II: "Oppenheimer" (⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 1/2)
Christopher Nolan's epic of the Atomic Age is two-thirds of a great movie (and one third of a very good one).
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"Barbenheimer" Weekend Part I: "Barbie" (⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 1/2)
Greta Gerwig anatomizes the existential crisis of a living doll.
Watch List Year 2: The Author Thanks You
Yet wonders how to write about movies in a calamitous time.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 7/14/23
This week: A perfect little indie film, a big honking Tom Cruise blockbuster, a doc on Negro League baseball, and more.
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What to Watch on VOD: "The League"
Plus: "Johnny Mnemonic: In Black and White," Happy birthday Ingmar Bergman, and more.
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Review: "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One"
The "M:I" movies never get old. Weirdly, neither does their star.
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One Good Film: "The Fits" (2016)
Anna Rose Holmer's drama of a young girl eyeing adulthood with poise and alarm remains a little-known modern masterpiece.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 7/7/23
A farewell to a mensch, a podcast on a modern classic, and six movies to choose from for weekend viewing.
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What To Watch: Six Streaming Picks
The new "Nimona" and five repertory choices, one for each platform.
Podcast
Classics of the New Millennium: "No Country For Old Men" (2007) with Isaac Feldberg
When was the last time you watched “No Country for Old Men” (⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐)? I saw it twice in 2007, the year it came out, and then two weeks ago while preparing for this podcast, and the intervening 15 years had cast a pall of dust on the experience of the movie
Remembrances ⭐️
One Good Film: "Little Murders" (1971)/R.I.P. Alan Arkin
Remembering a great actor by a bleakly prescient comedy he directed.