Weekly Digest
Watch List Digest 2/21/25
Lots of good streaming recommendations, plus: Ty rates every Pedro Almódovar feature ever.
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What to Watch
What to Watch: Pre-Oscar Catch-up
Recent movies at affordable VOD prices! Plus: One to avoid.
Directors
The Whole Almodóvar
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.
New Movies
New Reviews: "Capt. America," "Armand," Oscar shorts
Are you tired of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies? Yeah, me too.
What to Watch
What to Watch: Stone'd Again
Questlove's "Sly Lives!" comes to Hulu, a powerhouse Marianne Jean-Baptiste double-bill pops up on Amazon, and more.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Digest 2/8/25
Sorry you missed the Lynch event, but here are some good movies to watch while our collective hair is on fire.
Good Movies 📽
Reviews: "No Other Land" and "Porcelain War"
Two stark Oscar-nominated documentaries of struggle and endurance in the West Bank and in Ukraine.
What to Watch
Fiddling (with the Remote) While Rome Burns
Five new releases just hitting VOD -- and seven sleepers hiding on your streaming platform menus.
Events
Ty's Movie Club: "Mulholland Drive"
This Thursday, February 6, at 6:30 p.m. at the West Newton Cinema, a screening and discussion of the late David Lynch's greatest film. (Arguably? Then come and argue.)
Festival Reports
Sundance 2025 Report III
Reviews of "The Wedding Banquet," "The Perfect Neighbor," "Free Leonard Peltier," "Peter Hujar's Day," "Gen_" and "Zodiac Killer Project"
Festival Reports
Sundance 2025 Report II
Reviews of "Train Dreams," "Rebuilding," "The Kiss of the Spider Woman" and "Together."
Weekly Digest
Watch List Digest 1/25/25
Busy week! Sundance 2025, Oscar nominations, and a guide to good movies on Amazon Prime.