Blood On The Tracks
On fear, the numbness of crowds, and the death of Jordan Neely.
Ty Burr
Music 🎸
I Want My Maypole
A memory and a brilliant unknown pop song for the first of May.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 4/28/23
A forgotten '80s director, one of the true movie satires, and a stroll through films and old friends that resurrect the past.
Good Movies 📽
What to Watch: Forward, Into the Past
On movies that take us else-when and on the people who make us.
Podcast
Classics of the New Millennium: "The Death of Stalin" with Sam Adams
Slate's film editor joins me for an appreciation of Armando Iannucci's Politburo satire -- blistering history by way of Monty Python and Preston Sturges.
Good Movies 📽
Forgotten Auteurs: Alan Rudolph
The director of swooning hothouse noirs deserves a revisit.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 4/21/23
Why you can't hear your TV, Boston's best film festival turns 20, and a round-up of new movies in theaters and on demand.
Good Movies 📽
What To Watch: Oedipus Wrecked
Reviews of "Beau Is Afraid," "Chevalier," "Little Richard: I Am Everything," "Judy Blume Forever," and more.
Festival Reports
Support Your Local Film Festival
The Independent Film Festival of Boston turns 20.
Must-Read TV?
Why are we all watching shows with the subtitles on? A guide to fixing your TV's sound settings.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 4/14/23
An Argentinian classic, a fine new film about art and artists, and 12 movies to make your Netflix subscription worthwhile.
Good Movies 📽
What to Watch: Present, Tense
Kelly Reichardt's "Showing Up" is about art for heart's sake. Plus: "Hilma," "Tori & Lokita," "Mafia Mamma," and more.