Weekly Digest
Watch List Digest 4/20/25
What do movie posters tell us? Also, a farewell to a pulp genius and some musings on what film patriotism might look like in 2025.
Ty Burr
Good Movies 📽
Why Are There No Good Movies About the American Revolution?
And a tip to a pretty good film for the upcoming Patriot's Day
New Movies
New Review: "The Wedding Banquet" 🔒
Poster Boy
On movie posters and the mixed messages they send us. Plus: the lurid pleasures of the late Robert McGinnis, pulp illustrator extraordinaire
Weekly Digest
Watch List Digest 4/12/25
Farewell to a freak-folk legend, an amazing documentary about a secret mall apartment, and the latest movie reviews.
New Movies
New Reviews: "Drop," "John & Yoko," "Sacramento," "Misericordia" 🔒
Four new theatrical releases, four reviews from the WaPo.
What to Watch
What to Watch: "Secret Mall Apartment"
Plus: A guide to the weekend's best streaming movie bets.
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.
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.