Watch List Digest 10/19/24
Streaming recommendations, new movie reviews and a viewer's guide to Boston's best fall film festival.
Streaming recommendations, new movie reviews and a viewer's guide to Boston's best fall film festival.
Plus: Reviews of "Woman of the Hour," "We Live in Time" and "Rumours"
Plus a book review of Barry Sonnenfeld's new memoir "Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time"
Including "Blue Ruin," "Submarine," "This Must Be the Place" and others.
RaMell Ross's "Nickel Boys" opens soon; prepare for its brilliance with the director's Oscar-nominated first film.
Come to a screening and discussion of Hitchcock's classic of voyeurism and murder on Thursday 10/10 at the West Newton Cinema.
A Watch List oldie: Harry Dean Stanton's graceful exit movie. PLUS: Reviews of "Joker: Folie á Deux," "Saturday Night" and "The Outrun."
Ethan Hawke's biopic of Blaze Foley is also a great actor-singer's onscreen farewell.
For paid subscribers, my latest film reviews from the Washington Post.
New on VOD, including "Grave of the Fireflies," "The Disappearance of Shere Hite," "Between the Temples," and more. PLUS: Farewell, Maggie Smith
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.
Calling all Aubrey Plaza fans: The actress's first starring role is a delightful cheap rental on VOD. Plus: A review of "The Critic" with Ian McKellen.
Festival Reports
Eleven more thumbnail reviews from the fall movie season's bellwether film festival. "Megalopolis," "The Brutalist," a new Almodovar and Guadagnino, and more.
Remembrances ⭐️
A giant of stage and screen, he was much more than the voice of Darth Vader and CNN.
Festival Reports
Brief reviews of 11 new films from the trenches of the Toronto International Film Festival, including "The Apprentice," "Anora," "The Substance" and "Nightbitch."
Events
The critically acclaimed Ken Loach drama followed by a panel discussion on immigration issues with Joe Kennedy III, Marcela García, Wilfred Cherazard, and moderator Ty Burr
Festival Reports
I'm reposting my WaPo TIFF run-up article from this past weekend because I'm at the airport right now about to embark for Toronto and will soon dive into my five-movies-a-day routine until next Wednesday, with occasional forays to the surface for air and to send out
Good Movies 📽
On Bert Williams, early Black film, and the road not taken.
Good Movies 📽
An emotional powerhouse about a father-daughter dance in prison, Angela Patton and Natalie Rae's documentary is one of the year's finest.
Events
Come see and discuss PTA's masterpiece with me this Thursday at the West Newton Cinema
What to Watch
This weekend's best streaming bets: "First Man," "Little Men," "The Woman King," "The Aristocrats" and more.
Directors
The Watch List celebrates the Master of Suspense on his 125th birthday. What's your favorite Hitch?
What to Watch
Newly on demand: "The Bikeriders," "Dandelion," "Daddio," "Ghostlight," "Janet Planet," "Tuesday," and the classic thriller "Leave Her to Heaven." Plus: "The Instigators" reviewed and "The Conversation" revisited.
One Good Film
For the inauguration of August, a late-period comedy-drama from one of the cinema's greatest masters.