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.
Ty Burr
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.
Podcast
Classics of the New Millennium: "The Social Network" with Odie Henderson
It’s strange to realize that David Fincher’s “The Social Network” (⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐) came out in 2010 — it seems like it was just yesterday and it also seems like two centuries ago. Thirteen years on, and after a decade-plus of social and political upheavals that can in part be traced directly
Good Movies 📽
One Good Film: "The Sisters Brothers" (2018)
A Western from a French director? With Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly?
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 6/2/23
Three strangers, two childhood sweethearts, and one extremely messed-up family.
Good Movies 📽
What To Watch: "Past Lives," Present Sins
A luminous almost-love story and a disappointing Spidey sequel come to theaters.
TV Shows 📺
Off With Their Heads
A farewell to "Succession" and its broken little monsters.