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.)
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Watch List Digest 1/31/25
All Sundance, all week long. You get to read, I get to sleep.
Sundance 2025 Report III
Reviews of "The Wedding Banquet," "The Perfect Neighbor," "Free Leonard Peltier," "Peter Hujar's Day," "Gen_" and "Zodiac Killer Project"
Sundance 2025 Report II
Reviews of "Train Dreams," "Rebuilding," "The Kiss of the Spider Woman" and "Together."
Watch List Digest 1/25/25
Busy week! Sundance 2025, Oscar nominations, and a guide to good movies on Amazon Prime.
Sundance 2025 Report I
Arab teenage rebels, Sly Stone, Pee-wee Herman and more from the first three days of the Sundance Film Festival.
Oscar Nominations 2025
Who's in, who's out, who cares? (Well, I do.)
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.
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
Watch List Digest 1/18/25
Reviews: "Wolf Man," "Back in Action" + Requiem for a Seer
This week's WaPo pieces: Two reviews and a David Lynch appreciation.
David Lynch: A Memory
How the director schooled a young critic in the proper approach to art and mystery
Good Movies 📽
New reviews: "The Brutalist," "The Room Next Door," "September 5" & "Hard Truths"
What to Watch
What to Watch: Cut the Crap
Where do you turn when there's nothing -- I mean NOTHING -- on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video? The Criterion Channel. Here are 8 best bets.
Events
Ty's Movie Club: "Aguirre, The Wrath of God" (1972)
Just in time for Inauguration Day, a Werner Herzog classic on the madness of crowns.
What to Watch
What to Watch: "Nickel Boys" & "The Seed of the Sacred Fig"
My two latest reviews for the WaPo. One of the films is very, very good. The other one is just the best movie of 2024.
Best of the Year
The 20 Best Movies of 2024
"Nickel Boys" leads the Watch List's annual honor roll of entertainments and provocations.
Good Movies 📽
Tangled Up in Bob - further thoughts on "A Complete Unknown"
Some further thoughts on "A Complete Unknown, a broadside against nasty commenters, and a review of "The Tree of the Sacred Fig"
What to Watch
What to Watch: "A Complete Unknown" and more
New reviews of James Mangold's Bob Dylan bio-pic, Robert Eggers' "Nosferatu" and "Babygirl"
Ty's Movie Club
Ty's Movie Club: "Paterson"
On Thursday December 19 at 6:30 p.m. at the West Newton Cinema, join us for a screening and discussion of Jim Jarmusch's beatific 2016 film.
Best of the Year
The 10 Best Movies of 2024 (D.C. area version)
Some larger thoughts on the state of movies 2024 and one version of a Top 10, plus reviews of "All We Imagine as Light" and "The End."
What to Watch
What to Watch: 11 to Wrap to
New films on VOD include "Kneecap," "Maria," Sugarcane," and more.
Awards 🏆
Bling Ambition
The annual awards season kicks in with the announcement of the Golden Globe nominations and the Boston critics' awards.
What to Watch
What to Watch: "Christmas Eve at Miller's Point"
An eccentric new Christmas classic from a young director to watch. Plus: reviews of "Hard Truths," "Nightbitch," "Flow" and "Queer."