Good Movies 📽
Reviews: "No Other Land" and "Porcelain War"
Two stark Oscar-nominated documentaries of struggle and endurance in the West Bank and in Ukraine.
Ty Burr
What to Watch
Fiddling (with the Remote) While Rome Burns
Five new releases just hitting VOD -- and seven sleepers hiding on your streaming platform menus.
Events
Ty's Movie Club: "Mulholland Drive"
This Thursday, February 6, at 6:30 p.m. at the West Newton Cinema, a screening and discussion of the late David Lynch's greatest film. (Arguably? Then come and argue.)
Festival Reports
Sundance 2025 Report III
Reviews of "The Wedding Banquet," "The Perfect Neighbor," "Free Leonard Peltier," "Peter Hujar's Day," "Gen_" and "Zodiac Killer Project"
Festival Reports
Sundance 2025 Report II
Reviews of "Train Dreams," "Rebuilding," "The Kiss of the Spider Woman" and "Together."
Weekly Digest
Watch List Digest 1/25/25
Busy week! Sundance 2025, Oscar nominations, and a guide to good movies on Amazon Prime.
Festival Reports
Sundance 2025 Report I
Arab teenage rebels, Sly Stone, Pee-wee Herman and more from the first three days of the Sundance Film Festival.
Awards 🏆
Oscar Nominations 2025
Who's in, who's out, who cares? (Well, I do.)
Film Festivals
12 Movies I Want to See at Sundance 2025
Between the fires in L.A. and the clown show in Washington, the festival vibe may be weirder than usual this year.
What to Watch
Eight Good Movies on Prime (and 1 Stinker)
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. It’s a sunny day with a fresh three inches of snow here in Boston and a good time to count one’s blessings and plot out ways to make this a better country for everyone in it in the weeks, months, and years
Remembrances ⭐️
Reviews: "Wolf Man," "Back in Action" + Requiem for a Seer
This week's WaPo pieces: Two reviews and a David Lynch appreciation.
Remembrances ⭐️
David Lynch: A Memory
How the director schooled a young critic in the proper approach to art and mystery