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.

Music 🎸

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.

Good Movies 📽

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.

Good Movies 📽

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.

Good Movies 📽

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.

Good Movies 📽

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.

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.