Remembrances ⭐️
Michael Hurley 1941-2025
The original freak-folkie and one of this country's great outsider artists has passed on to the jamboree in the sky. You don't know what we've lost.
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Weekly Digest
Watch List Digest 4/5/25
Compassion seems to be the watchword of the week's posts, and I know you know we could use some.
New Movies
New Reviews: "The Friend," "Freaky Tales," "The Ballad of Wallis Island" 🔒
Good Movies 📽
What to Watch: Animal Shelters
Bless the beasts and the ... never mind, just bless the beasts. Plus: movies to remember Val Kilmer by.
One Good Film
One Good Film: "The Painter and the Thief" (2020)🔒
A profoundly moving documentary about an unlikely friendship, with a little bit of Zen throat-clearing from yours truly.
New Movies
New Reviews: "The Penguin Lessons," "Thank You Very Much," "Death of a Unicorn" 🔒
What to Watch
10 Suggestions for 9 Good Films
New theatrical releases, your best streaming movie bets and one glorious stinker.
A Critics' Statement in Support of Hamdan Ballal
New Movies
New Reviews: "Snow White" and "Magazine Dreams" 🔒
A much-mocked remake turns out to be not half bad and a cursed film from Sundance 2023 finally surfaces.
Good Movies 📽
What to Watch: "No" and two movies about The Janes
Some movies to stiffen the spine as we head into the wind.
New Movies
New Reviews: "Eephus," "Opus," Black Bag" and more 🔒
A ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ baseball movie, a ⭐ 1/2 horror-comedy bomb, and a few things on the high end between, including ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ and a new Soderbergh.
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I really do have some movie tips in this one, but first I want to talk about where we get our information. I am grateful for your indulgence.