Best of the Year
The 10 Best Movies of 2024 (D.C. area version)
Some larger thoughts on the state of movies 2024 and one version of a Top 10, plus reviews of "All We Imagine as Light" and "The End."
Ty Burr
What to Watch
What to Watch: 11 to Wrap to
New films on VOD include "Kneecap," "Maria," Sugarcane," and more.
Awards 🏆
Bling Ambition
The annual awards season kicks in with the announcement of the Golden Globe nominations and the Boston critics' awards.
What to Watch
What to Watch: "Christmas Eve at Miller's Point"
An eccentric new Christmas classic from a young director to watch. Plus: reviews of "Hard Truths," "Nightbitch," "Flow" and "Queer."
One Good Film
One Good Film: "Ham on Rye" (2019)
A haunting, ambiguous debut from a young filmmaker to watch.
What to Watch
Ty's Annual Movie Turkey Trot
Suggestions for what to watch on demand once the bird has been reduced to a carcass; plus, reviews of "Flow" and "Maria"
Good Movies 📽
"Wicked" and "Gladiator II"
Reviews for the two big new movies of Thanksgiving week. One sings, the other ... doesn't.
Music 🎸
50 Ways of Hearing "Marquee Moon"
In which I escape bleak reality by offering you a supercut of Tom Verlaine guitar solos.
One Good Film
One Good Film: "Fading Gigolo"
A charming, absurdist tale of Manhattan l'amour and lust, written, directed by and starring John Turturro.
What to Watch
What to Watch: Baker's Dozen
Mini-reviews of 13 movies in theaters and on demand -- plus "Anora" revisited.
Good Movies 📽
What to Watch: Take Shelter
The 2011 movie of that name, yes, but also in general. Reviews of “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story," "Blitz," "The Piano Lesson," and four movies for the times to come.
News
16 Suggestions for the Justifiably Paranoid
Welcome to Trump 2.0. He really means it this time.