Remembrances ⭐️
Sidney Poitier 1927-2022
The star who changed the movies and the role he had to play
Ty Burr
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 1/7/22
Sea-eagles and schlock nostalgia and Peter Bogdanovich and Ben Affleck, character actor -- a busy week, and that's not even counting Sidney Poitier
Good Movies 📽
Belle Affleck
Is Ben Affleck a better supporting player than a star? "The Tender Bar" says yes. Plus "The 355."
Remembrances ⭐️
Peter Bogdanovich 1939-2022
For many years, the narrative about Peter Bogdanovich was that he was a wunderkind who lost the knack. After the low-budget meta-monster movie “Targets” (1968), featuring Boris Karloff as a version of himself, Bogdanovich broke through in 1971, at 32, with “The Last Picture Show,” a black-and-white portrait of a
Classics 🎞
Nostalgia Tour
On "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium" and the cheesiness of memory. Plus: Criterion Channel must-sees.
Birds 🦉
Where Sea-Eagles Dare
On vagrancy and the stories we tell ourselves when we look at birds
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 12/31/21 🍾🎉
Looking forward to 2022 and looking back at the best of 2021
Good Movies 📽
The Best Movies of 2021
Here be the list, and it's a long one
Weekly Digest
🎁 Watch List Weekly Recap 12/24/21 🎄
Talking Xmas movies with Ask Amy, five films for a full house, and a meta-"Matrix" reboot. Also: Thanks for making my 2021 possible.
Good Movies 📽
Neo Realism
"The Matrix Resurrections" revisits sim city for a sequel that intentionally subverts itself.
Good Movies 📽
Five Movies the Whole Family Can Watch
Suggestions for a crowded holiday house
Talking Xmas Movies with Amy Dickinson
We rate the holiday classics from the sublime to the terrifying