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Five (and a Half) Movies About Palestine
From Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers, glimpses of life, love, and survival in a prostrate land.
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One Good Film: "The Killer" (Fincher, 2023)
David Fincher's Netflix movie is a deadpan character comedy disguised as an action film.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 11/10/23
A streaming film recommendation, some kvetching about that "new" Beatles song, and a long think about national elections and international calamities.
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You Can't Do That
"Now and Then" makes a case that the surviving Beatles should probably just let it be.
Eyeless in Newton
Thoughts on yesterday's elections and on conflagrations and cruelties at home and abroad.
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One Good Film: "Listen Up Philip"(2014)
Alex Ross Perry's portrait of an author in love with himself is a low-key modern classic.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 11/3/23
A beloved sitcom actor leaves us, Halloween arrives, and I subject Alexander Payne to a Q&A. Plus: reviews of five new movies in theaters and on demand.
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What to Watch: Free Radicals
Reviews of "Radical," "Rustin, "Fingernails," "Nyad," and "Quiz Lady."
Director Q&A: No Payne, No Gain
The "Holdovers" filmmaker holds forth on eastern Midwesterners (i.e., New Englanders), Paul "No Comps" Giamatti, and making a '70s movie in 2023.
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Panic Rooms
Five claustrophic horror films for Halloween viewing.
Weekly Digest
Watch List Weekly Recap 10/27/23
Just one this week. Sorry, I was away at a wedding.
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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.