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Where Sea-Eagles Dare
On vagrancy and the stories we tell ourselves when we look at birds
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Watch List Weekly Recap 12/31/21 🍾🎉
Looking forward to 2022 and looking back at the best of 2021
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The Best Movies of 2021
Here be the list, and it's a long one
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🎁 Watch List Weekly Recap 12/24/21 🎄
Talking Xmas movies with Ask Amy, five films for a full house, and a meta-"Matrix" reboot. Also: Thanks for making my 2021 possible.
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Neo Realism
"The Matrix Resurrections" revisits sim city for a sequel that intentionally subverts itself.
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Five Movies the Whole Family Can Watch
Suggestions for a crowded holiday house
Talking Xmas Movies with Amy Dickinson
We rate the holiday classics from the sublime to the terrifying
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 12/17/21
Weird movie promo junk, Italian nostalgia tours, bad mothers, and ex-Monkees were some of the topics covered this week.
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Mum's The Word
"The Lost Daughter" explores the resentments of motherhood with surgical skill and two great performances. Also: "Nightmare Alley" and "Swan Song."
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See Naples And Live
"The Hand of God," on Netflix, is a memory play that vividly recreates a director's youth. Plus: Remembering Mike Nesmith.
Some Notes On Swag
The uses, abuses, and absurdities of movie PR tie-ins
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 12/10/21
Featuring the roots of Roman Roy, a deep dive into HBO Max's movie offerings, and a wondrous new "West Side Story"