Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 6/1/23
A vanishing Netflix movie, a five-alarm fire at Turner Classics, a new podcast, and a visionary Icelandic saga.
Ty Burr
Good Movies 📽
What to Watch: "Godland," "After Love," "No Hard Feelings."
Two excellent new films on demand and one JLaw raunch-com in theaters.
Podcast
Classics of the New Millennium: "Burning" (2018) with Justin Chang
14 Watchcast 14 Burning0:00/3162.5142861× I’m so glad my friend and critical colleague Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times and NPR’s “Fresh Air” chose South Korean director Lee Chang-dong’s “Burning” as his pick for a great film of the 21st century. Justin brings to
Classics 🎞
The TCM Doomsday Clock is Ticking.
A purge at the classic-movie channel bodes ill.
Good Movies 📽
One Good Film (While It Lasts): "Lingua Franca"
Isabel Sandoval's groundbreaking 2019 drama is about to disappear from Netflix.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 6/17/23
Swedish punkettes, Zen birds in Brooklyn, a farewell to Glenda Jackson, new Wes Anderson, and more.
Good Movies 📽
What To Watch: Go Wes, Young Man
"Asteroid City" and "Blue Jean" in theaters, "Maggie Moore(s)" and Christian Cooper's "Extraordinary Birder" on VOD.
Remembrances ⭐️
Glenda Jackson 1936-2023
A lion of stage, screen, and Labour politics departs.
Zen Journal
Zen Diary: A Bird List Grows in Brooklyn
Looking for the dharma in Crown Heights
Good Movies 📽
One Good Film: "We Are The Best!" (2013)
Three 13-year-old girls are the Ramones of middle school.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 6/9/23
French Westerns, Facebook nerds, film classics for feckless teens, and a fiery two-character drama in theaters.
Good Movies 📽
What to Watch: Kink's Ransom
"Sanctuary" in theaters, "Daliland" on demand, the Compleat Ozu in Boston and New York.