
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.
Weekly Digest
A public statement amid the usual film recommendations.
New Movies
What to Watch
New theatrical releases, your best streaming movie bets and one glorious stinker.
Weekly Digest
Movies to resist by, a new "Snow White" reviewed, and more.
New Movies
A much-mocked remake turns out to be not half bad and a cursed film from Sundance 2023 finally surfaces.
Good Movies 📽
Some movies to stiffen the spine as we head into the wind.
New Movies
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.
Politics
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.
A guide to movies in theaters and on demand, plus pop culture observations, from a film critic with 40 years in the business.
Resurfacing on VOD: A twisted New York love story and early Bong Joon ho -- plus the latest edition of Ty's Movie Club.
This week's reviews from the Washington Post.
More Oscar nominees come to VOD, along with a DIY Gene Hackman festival, a ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ foreign film and two intriguing oldies.
The one movie that J.D. Salinger allowed to be made from his work -- and the reason it was the last. Plus: My meeting(s) with Jerry.
Some years it’s pretty obvious which film and which performances are going to win an Oscar. This is not one of those years.
Two reviews of new movies, one Oscar-nominated and the other fun. Plus, my WaPo Gene Hackman appreciation.
I’m on deadline for a newspaper for which I have little remaining respect. Why am I doing it?
Recent movies at affordable VOD prices! Plus: One to avoid.
All 23 of the Spanish director's feature films are newly available on demand. I rate every last one of them and tell you where to find them.
Are you tired of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies? Yeah, me too.
Questlove's "Sly Lives!" comes to Hulu, a powerhouse Marianne Jean-Baptiste double-bill pops up on Amazon, and more.
Two stark Oscar-nominated documentaries of struggle and endurance in the West Bank and in Ukraine.