Weekly Digest

Watch List Weekly Recap 10/20/23

Two recommendations this week: A little-seen gem from a decade ago and a powerhouse epic from right now

Good Movies 📽

What To Watch: "Killers of the Flower Moon"

Martin Scorsese's epic brings a great American crime out of the shadows.

Good Movies 📽

One Good Film: "Short Term 12" (2013)

Brie Larson, LaKeith Stanfield, Rami Malek, and Kaitlyn Dever star in a touching drama about the stresses and rewards of caregiving.

Weekly Digest

Watch List Weekly Recap 10/13/23

A week shadowed by calamity and finding solace in creativity.

Good Movies 📽

What To Watch: "Once Within A Time"

Plus: "Anatomy of a Fall," "The Burial," and Wes Anderson's Netflix shorts.

Good Movies 📽

One Good Film: "Benediction"

(For Terence Davies, 1947-2023, and for Israel.)

Weekly Digest

Watch List Weekly Recap 10/6/23

Only one post this week -- I'm just back from vacation.

Good Movies 📽

What to Watch: "Don't Ask Me" Edition

"The Royal Hotel," "Cat Person," and other new releases the critic saw before he went on vacation.

Weekly Digest

Watch List Weekly Recap 9/15/23

An all-Toronto Film Fest edition, or: What to watch this fall.

Festival Reports

Toronto Report III: Batting Clean-up

Plus: Extra Bonus What to Watch

Festival Reports

Toronto Film Festival Report, Part II

Nine movies and moments from a quiet TIFF 2023

Festival Reports

Toronto Film Festival Report, Part I

"American Fiction," a new Miyazaki, and other bests of TIFF.