One Good Film: "Ham on Rye" (2019)
A haunting, ambiguous debut from a young filmmaker to watch.
A haunting, ambiguous debut from a young filmmaker to watch.
Movies and music to sustain one in darksome times.
Suggestions for what to watch on demand once the bird has been reduced to a carcass; plus, reviews of "Flow" and "Maria"
Reviews for the two big new movies of Thanksgiving week. One sings, the other ... doesn't.
In which I escape bleak reality by offering you a supercut of Tom Verlaine guitar solos.
A charming, absurdist tale of Manhattan l'amour and lust, written, directed by and starring John Turturro.
Just one this week -- but it's got a lot going on.
Mini-reviews of 13 movies in theaters and on demand -- plus "Anora" revisited.
The 2011 movie of that name, yes, but also in general. Reviews of “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story," "Blitz," "The Piano Lesson," and four movies for the times to come.
Welcome to Trump 2.0. He really means it this time.
Plus, for paid subscribers, my WaPo reviews of "Anora," "Emilia Pérez" and Clint Eastwood's "Juror #2"
Self-care, people! Also: Farewell to Teri Garr, and a political endorsement from the Boston Society of Film Critics
*even if The Washington Post won't.
One Good Film
If you can't get to the new Ralph Fiennes drama opening in theaters this weekend, try streaming one of the actor's most challenging performances.
What to Watch
Plus: Reviews of "Woman of the Hour," "We Live in Time" and "Rumours"
Good Movies 📽
Plus a book review of Barry Sonnenfeld's new memoir "Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time"
Good Movies 📽
Including "Blue Ruin," "Submarine," "This Must Be the Place" and others.
One Good Film
RaMell Ross's "Nickel Boys" opens soon; prepare for its brilliance with the director's Oscar-nominated first film.
Classics 🎞
Come to a screening and discussion of Hitchcock's classic of voyeurism and murder on Thursday 10/10 at the West Newton Cinema.
Good Movies 📽
A Watch List oldie: Harry Dean Stanton's graceful exit movie. PLUS: Reviews of "Joker: Folie á Deux," "Saturday Night" and "The Outrun."
One Good Film
Ethan Hawke's biopic of Blaze Foley is also a great actor-singer's onscreen farewell.
Good Movies 📽
For paid subscribers, my latest film reviews from the Washington Post.
Good Movies 📽
New on VOD, including "Grave of the Fireflies," "The Disappearance of Shere Hite," "Between the Temples," and more. PLUS: Farewell, Maggie Smith
What to Watch
Will Ferrell and his close friend Harper Steele drive cross-country to find out how a trans woman (and a famous movie star) are greeted and treated in Middle America.