Festival Reports
TIFF 2023: The Preview
Ten movies I'm looking forward to at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.
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One Good Film: "Two Days, One Night" (2015)
For Labor Day, a modern Dardennes brothers classic.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 9/1/23
A happy/sad film pairing for the end of August, a new podcast featuring a great critic on a great film, and a shameless new comedy to start your fall.
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What to Watch: "Bottoms"
For when you're in the mood for a good, dumb, smart lesbian fight club flick.
Podcast
Classics of the New Millennium: "There Will Be Blood" (2007) with guest critic Manohla Dargis
The New York Times film critic and I dissect Paul Thomas Anderson's all-American masterpiece of oil and religion.
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One -- no -- TWO Good Films
You choose: A comedy ("Everybody Wants Some!!") or a tragedy ("Oslo, August 31st") for the end of summer.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 8/25/23
A small-town sleeper, three interesting new films in theaters, a great one on VOD, and a question posed for readers.
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What to Watch: Late August is Kinda Mid
Reviews of "Golda," "Mutt," "The Hill," and more
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One Good Film: "Diane" (2019)
Mary Kay Place stars in an exquisite small-town drama.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 8/18/23
A favorite movie for a lazy late-August, five Netflix oddities, and more.
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Five Weird (But Good) Things to Watch on Netflix
Plus: Further thoughts on a controversial Washington Post article and an early Hollywood rarity.
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One Good Film: "Cèline and Julie Go Boating"
Jacques Rivette's magical masterpiece -- it may be my single favorite movie -- is just the tonic for a lazy August watch.