Festival Reports

10 Movies I Want to See at Sundance

Five of which you can watch at home too.

Good Movies 📽

Two Good Films: "Black At Yale" and "Street Corner Stories"

Celebrate MLK Jr. Day with two groundbreaking documentaries by Warrington Hudlin.

Weekly Digest

Watch List Weekly Recap 1/12/24

Movies, music, and bad awards shows, among other subjects.

Music 🎸

Playlist Madness: Byrds v. Fairport

With further thoughts on the egotistical futility of music management.

Good Movies 📽

Of White Whales and Witch Hunts

Ken Russell's "The Devils" surfaces at last on demand; also, "Northern Exposure" and "Cluny Brown"

Awards 🏆

One Good Film, One Dire Awards Show

The Globes retreated to its rubber-chicken roots; James Gray's "The Immigrants" is this week's streaming best bet.

Whither the Watch List in 2024?

A follow-up about that Substack Nazi thing.

Weekly Digest

Watch List Weekly Recap 12/29/23

Just one this week, but it's the big one.

Good Movies 📽

The 20 Best Movies of 2023

What to Watch While Waiting for the End of the World

Weekly Digest

Watch List Weekly Recap 12/22/23

This week: Shameless self-promotion, a brand new podcast, and the 70 best movies currently on Netflix.

Good Movies 📽

Xmas Special: The 70 Good Movies on Netflix

Podcast

Classics of the New Millennium: "The Tree of Life" (2011) with guest filmmaker Alex Winter

The "Zappa" documentarian (and erstwhile Bill S. Preston Esq.) joins me to sing the praises of Terrence Malick's masterpiece.