Good Movies 📽
What to Watch: "The Holdovers"
A disarming and delightful human comedy from Alexander Payne, with Paul Giamatti in top form as a Scrooge of a schoolmaster.
Ty Burr
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 10/20/23
Two recommendations this week: A little-seen gem from a decade ago and a powerhouse epic from right now
Good Movies 📽
What To Watch: "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Martin Scorsese's epic brings a great American crime out of the shadows.
Good Movies 📽
One Good Film: "Short Term 12" (2013)
Brie Larson, LaKeith Stanfield, Rami Malek, and Kaitlyn Dever star in a touching drama about the stresses and rewards of caregiving.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 10/13/23
A week shadowed by calamity and finding solace in creativity.
Good Movies 📽
What To Watch: "Once Within A Time"
Plus: "Anatomy of a Fall," "The Burial," and Wes Anderson's Netflix shorts.
Good Movies 📽
One Good Film: "Benediction"
(For Terence Davies, 1947-2023, and for Israel.)
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 10/6/23
Only one post this week -- I'm just back from vacation.
Good Movies 📽
What to Watch: "Don't Ask Me" Edition
"The Royal Hotel," "Cat Person," and other new releases the critic saw before he went on vacation.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 9/15/23
An all-Toronto Film Fest edition, or: What to watch this fall.
Festival Reports
Toronto Report III: Batting Clean-up
Plus: Extra Bonus What to Watch
Festival Reports
Toronto Film Festival Report, Part II
Nine movies and moments from a quiet TIFF 2023