Good Movies 📽
"Wicked" and "Gladiator II"
Reviews for the two big new movies of Thanksgiving week. One sings, the other ... doesn't.
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Music 🎸
50 Ways of Hearing "Marquee Moon"
In which I escape bleak reality by offering you a supercut of Tom Verlaine guitar solos.
One Good Film
One Good Film: "Fading Gigolo"
A charming, absurdist tale of Manhattan l'amour and lust, written, directed by and starring John Turturro.
What to Watch
What to Watch: Baker's Dozen
Mini-reviews of 13 movies in theaters and on demand -- plus "Anora" revisited.
Good Movies 📽
What to Watch: Take Shelter
The 2011 movie of that name, yes, but also in general. Reviews of “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story," "Blitz," "The Piano Lesson," and four movies for the times to come.
News
16 Suggestions for the Justifiably Paranoid
Welcome to Trump 2.0. He really means it this time.
Events
Two Upcoming Events: "Anora" & "It's Always Fair Weather"
Plus, for paid subscribers, my WaPo reviews of "Anora," "Emilia Pérez" and Clint Eastwood's "Juror #2"
Good Movies 📽
Five Movies to Keep You from Having a Nervous Breakdown This Weekend/ R.I.P. Teri Garr
Self-care, people! Also: Farewell to Teri Garr, and a political endorsement from the Boston Society of Film Critics
I endorse Kamala Harris for President*
*even if The Washington Post won't.
One Good Film
One Good Film: "Spider"
If you can't get to the new Ralph Fiennes drama opening in theaters this weekend, try streaming one of the actor's most challenging performances.
What to Watch
What to Watch: "Rebel Ridge"/ IFFBoston's Fall Focus Guide
Plus: Reviews of "Woman of the Hour," "We Live in Time" and "Rumours"
Good Movies 📽
New reviews: "The Apprentice," "Piece By Piece"
Plus a book review of Barry Sonnenfeld's new memoir "Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time"