Classics 🎞
DVR Alert: "The Crowd"
King Vidor's brilliant 1928 silent drama about the hunger for fame has never looked more prescient. On TCM September 12.
Ty Burr
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 9/2/22
A classic-movie birthday boy gets his due and a round-up of the last films of summer before the fall serious season begins.
Good Movies 📽
What to Watch: September Songs
A quiet week for new movies, with a sweet and complex documentary about Zimbabwean wine tasters your best bet.
Classics 🎞
Right, Said Fred
Championing the lost persona of birthday boy Fred MacMurray
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 8/26/22
A farewell to a semi-legendary filmworker; new films in theaters and on VOD.
Good Movies 📽
What to Watch: Genies and geniuses
"3,000 Years of Longing" leads a round-up of new theatrical and VOD releases
Remembrances ⭐️
A Handmaid's Tale (Leon Vitali 1948-2022)
On the mystery and necessity of shadow collaborators.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 8/19/22
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Good Movies 📽
Weekend Watch, Dog Days Edition
Lions and satire and noir, oh my.
Remembrances ⭐️
Requiem for a Buddha
Those of you who follow me on social media may know that my wife and I have been dealing with a family health crisis in recent weeks: Her father, my father-in-law, went voluntarily into hospice care early this month and passed away last Sunday. He was 91, in full possession
Remembrances ⭐️
Anne Heche 1969-2022
An actress like a mercury bead: brilliant and hard to pin down.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 8/12/22
Thanks, I'll eat it here: A chat with a chef about food movies and TV shows, plus new films in theaters and on demand.