(plus: New WaPo reviews of "On Swift Horses" and "The Legend of Ochi") I’ve been running around so much this week that I forgot to tell my local readers about this year’s edition – the 22nd – of the best little film fest in town, The
It's been a busy week with all sorts of irons in the fire, movie- and life-related, so I thought I'd dust off one of the very first Watch List postings from 2021 because it was fun to write and because this guy is fun to read about.
The silliest role of Meryl Streep's career is also one of the warmest, thanks to the late, great Jonathan Demme.
What do movie posters tell us? Also, a farewell to a pulp genius and some musings on what film patriotism might look like in 2025.
And a tip to a pretty good film for the upcoming Patriot's Day
On movie posters and the mixed messages they send us. Plus: the lurid pleasures of the late Robert McGinnis, pulp illustrator extraordinaire
Four new theatrical releases, four reviews from the WaPo.
Plus: A guide to the weekend's best streaming movie bets.
The original freak-folkie and one of this country's great outsider artists has passed on to the jamboree in the sky. You don't know what we've lost.
Compassion seems to be the watchword of the week's posts, and I know you know we could use some.
Good Movies 📽
Bless the beasts and the ... never mind, just bless the beasts. Plus: movies to remember Val Kilmer by.
One Good Film
A profoundly moving documentary about an unlikely friendship, with a little bit of Zen throat-clearing from yours truly.
New Movies
What to Watch
New theatrical releases, your best streaming movie bets and one glorious stinker.
Weekly Digest
Movies to resist by, a new "Snow White" reviewed, and more.
New Movies
A much-mocked remake turns out to be not half bad and a cursed film from Sundance 2023 finally surfaces.
Good Movies 📽
Some movies to stiffen the spine as we head into the wind.
New Movies
A ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ baseball movie, a ⭐ 1/2 horror-comedy bomb, and a few things on the high end between, including ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ and a new Soderbergh.
Politics
I really do have some movie tips in this one, but first I want to talk about where we get our information. I am grateful for your indulgence.
One Good Film
Resurfacing on VOD: A twisted New York love story and early Bong Joon ho -- plus the latest edition of Ty's Movie Club.
New Movies
This week's reviews from the Washington Post.