Festival Reports
Sundance 2025 Report III
Reviews of "The Wedding Banquet," "The Perfect Neighbor," "Free Leonard Peltier," "Peter Hujar's Day," "Gen_" and "Zodiac Killer Project"
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Festival Reports
Sundance 2025 Report II
Reviews of "Train Dreams," "Rebuilding," "The Kiss of the Spider Woman" and "Together."
Weekly Digest
Watch List Digest 1/25/25
Busy week! Sundance 2025, Oscar nominations, and a guide to good movies on Amazon Prime.
Festival Reports
Sundance 2025 Report I
Arab teenage rebels, Sly Stone, Pee-wee Herman and more from the first three days of the Sundance Film Festival.
Awards 🏆
Oscar Nominations 2025
Who's in, who's out, who cares? (Well, I do.)
Film Festivals
12 Movies I Want to See at Sundance 2025
Between the fires in L.A. and the clown show in Washington, the festival vibe may be weirder than usual this year.
What to Watch
Eight Good Movies on Prime (and 1 Stinker)
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. It’s a sunny day with a fresh three inches of snow here in Boston and a good time to count one’s blessings and plot out ways to make this a better country for everyone in it in the weeks, months, and years
Remembrances ⭐️
Reviews: "Wolf Man," "Back in Action" + Requiem for a Seer
This week's WaPo pieces: Two reviews and a David Lynch appreciation.
Remembrances ⭐️
David Lynch: A Memory
How the director schooled a young critic in the proper approach to art and mystery
Good Movies 📽
New reviews: "The Brutalist," "The Room Next Door," "September 5" & "Hard Truths"
What to Watch
What to Watch: Cut the Crap
Where do you turn when there's nothing -- I mean NOTHING -- on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video? The Criterion Channel. Here are 8 best bets.
Events
Ty's Movie Club: "Aguirre, The Wrath of God" (1972)
Just in time for Inauguration Day, a Werner Herzog classic on the madness of crowns.