Eyeless in Newton
Thoughts on yesterday's elections and on conflagrations and cruelties at home and abroad.
Ty Burr
Good Movies 📽
One Good Film: "Listen Up Philip"(2014)
Alex Ross Perry's portrait of an author in love with himself is a low-key modern classic.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 11/3/23
A beloved sitcom actor leaves us, Halloween arrives, and I subject Alexander Payne to a Q&A. Plus: reviews of five new movies in theaters and on demand.
Good Movies 📽
What to Watch: Free Radicals
Reviews of "Radical," "Rustin, "Fingernails," "Nyad," and "Quiz Lady."
Director Q&A: No Payne, No Gain
The "Holdovers" filmmaker holds forth on eastern Midwesterners (i.e., New Englanders), Paul "No Comps" Giamatti, and making a '70s movie in 2023.
Good Movies 📽
Panic Rooms
Five claustrophic horror films for Halloween viewing.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 10/27/23
Just one this week. Sorry, I was away at a wedding.
Good Movies 📽
What to Watch: "The Holdovers"
A disarming and delightful human comedy from Alexander Payne, with Paul Giamatti in top form as a Scrooge of a schoolmaster.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 10/20/23
Two recommendations this week: A little-seen gem from a decade ago and a powerhouse epic from right now
Good Movies 📽
What To Watch: "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Martin Scorsese's epic brings a great American crime out of the shadows.
Good Movies 📽
One Good Film: "Short Term 12" (2013)
Brie Larson, LaKeith Stanfield, Rami Malek, and Kaitlyn Dever star in a touching drama about the stresses and rewards of caregiving.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 10/13/23
A week shadowed by calamity and finding solace in creativity.