Platform Reviews 👀

Platform Review: HBO Max

Should you subscribe? Plus: 20 good movies if you do.

Good Movies 📽

Roman Wasn't Built in a Day

"Igby Goes Down" features an 18-year-old Kieran Culkin in an early draft of the youngest, snarkiest Roy.

Panel Talk: Whither the Movies in 2022?

And the theater, and the fine arts...

Weekly Digest

Watch List Weekly Recap 12/4/21

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12 Good Movies on Netflix Right Now

Something for everyone: Comedies, drama, B-movies, and art films

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Benedictions

"The Power of the Dog" is the the latest in a Cumberbatch hot streak

The Tuesday Thread: Should you read the book?

I’ll be writing something about Jane Campion’s excellent new film, “The Power of the Dog,” when it debuts on Netflix on Wednesday, but for the moment I want to pose a question: What does a movie owe to the book on which it was based? I ask because

Weekly Digest

Watch List Weekly Recap 11/27/21

Just in time for the holidays: Thanksgiving family-dysfunction movies, a long steep in the Beatles' final days, and a tribute to a titan of American theater.

Remembrances ⭐️

Stephen Sondheim 1930-2021

How a master craftsman transformed his medium and what he leaves behind.

Music 🎸

The Long and Winding Film

On the virtues of eight-hour Beatles documentaries and not letting it be.

Good Movies 📽

The Curse of the Thanksgiving Movie

They're hardly turkeys, but films set during the holiday offer mostly dark meat.

Weekly Digest

Watch List Weekly Recap 11/19/21

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