What to Watch: "Nickel Boys" & "The Seed of the Sacred Fig"
My two latest reviews for the WaPo. One of the films is very, very good. The other one is just the best movie of 2024.
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Watch List Digest 7/26/26
Lotsa stuff: My reviews of "The Odyssey" and Ross McElwee's "Remake," a Sam Neill appreciation, and some ponderings on this newsletter's anniversary and getting older amidst resurgent chaos.
What to Watch: "Remake," "Tuner"
A nifty little thriller on demand and, in theaters, an aching confession of complicity and regret from one of our finest documentarians.
The Watch List Turns 5
Ramblin' Man: "The Odyssey" reviewed
Christopher Nolan's blockbuster adaptation of the classic tale is an unexpected Homer.