TV Shows 📺
"Bad Sisters," So-so Ending
When good series aren't able to seal the deal. Plus: John Cazale and pulp fiction art.
Ty Burr
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 10/7/22
A Zen stooge for the paying subscribers and what some are calling the best movie of the year on Netflix.
Good Movies 📽
What To Watch: "Athena" and "Triangle of Sadness"
Plus: "Catherine Called Birdy" and '80's horror films
Remembrances ⭐️
Everything's Fine
For a Stooge's birthday, a primer on the Zen of slapstick.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 9/30/22
A busy, fizzy discussion on the use and abuse of star ratings in reviews, plus new movies in theaters and on demand.
Good Movies 📽
What To Watch, with New Improved ⭐s!
"Bros" in theaters, "God's Creatures" on demand, and a load of theatrical titles hitting streaming.
The Faults in My Stars
The one-to-four-star rating system is a reader's delight and a critic's bane. Should it be junked? Discuss.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 9/23/22
Controversies onscreen (“Blonde”) and off (“Don’t Worry Darling”), plus new films in theaters and on demand.
Good Movies 📽
What to Watch, Outside or In
Reviews of "Don't Worry Darling," "Moonage Daydream," "Sidney," "Confess, Fletch," and "Murina."
The Monroe Doctrine
"Blonde," the Netflix Marilyn Monroe movie, punishes Norma Jeane for our sins.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 9/16/22
The hottest movies in Toronto, plus a farewell to a revolutionary director.
What To Watch (Not) 9/16/22
There are some interesting movies out there this weekend. In theaters we have the already controversial Marilyn Monroe biopic “Blonde” (it comes to Netflix at the end of the month); the lysergic David Bowie documentary “Moonage Daydream” (suitable for IMAX); a hair-raising suspense drama called “God’s Country” that I