What to Watch
What to Watch: Weekend Guide
More Oscar nominees come to VOD, along with a DIY Gene Hackman festival, a ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ foreign film and two intriguing oldies.
Ty Burr
Good Movies 📽
One Good Film: "My Foolish Heart"
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.
Awards 🏆
Ty's Oscar Predictions 2025
Some years it’s pretty obvious which film and which performances are going to win an Oscar. This is not one of those years.
Good Movies 📽
"The Girl with the Needle" & "Grand Theft Hamlet" (& Gene Hackman) 🔒
Two reviews of new movies, one Oscar-nominated and the other fun. Plus, my WaPo Gene Hackman appreciation.
News
A Note to Readers
I’m on deadline for a newspaper for which I have little remaining respect. Why am I doing it?
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.
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.)