Festival Reports

Sundance Festival Report, Pt III

A quartet of documentaries and one oh-so-Sundance romcom

Festival Reports

Sundance Festival Report, Pt II

A battalion of films about women in crisis

Festival Reports

Sundance Festival Report, Pt 1

The best of the digital fest so far

Weekly Digest

Watch List Weekly Recap 1/21/22

An online encyclopedia of African American cinema, ten great movies you can't stream, a new book about an old master, and a new film from a new master.

Good Movies 📽

"A Hero" arrives, an icon returns

A new Asghar Farhjadi film on Amazon Prime, a new Buster Keaton biography in bookstores -- it's a good week.

Good Movies 📽

10 Great Movies You Can't (Legally) Stream

It may seem odd for a newsletter that specializes in recommending movies on demand to devote a post to movies that you can’t get on demand, but it’s a slow January, I’ve got a little time before the Sundance Film Festival goes online on Thursday (the physical

Classics 🎞

Site of the Day: The Black Film Archive

Maya Cade's encyclopedia of African-American cinema is an invaluable resource

Weekly Digest

Watch List Weekly Recap 1/14/22

A legend leaves us, a cheeky Watergate comedy, and four good bets for weekend streaming

Good Movies 📽

What to Watch This Weekend 1/14/22

"The Tragedy of Macbeth," a French foodie drama, and more come to VOD

Good Movies 📽

You Don't Know "Dick"

One from the vaults: A cheeky political comedy to cure the January blues

Remembrances ⭐️

Sidney Poitier 1927-2022

The star who changed the movies and the role he had to play

Weekly Digest

Watch List Weekly Recap 1/7/22

Sea-eagles and schlock nostalgia and Peter Bogdanovich and Ben Affleck, character actor -- a busy week, and that's not even counting Sidney Poitier