What to Watch
What to Watch: "Queendom"
A stark, stunning documentary portrait of a Russian rebel artist. Plus: Weekend movie recommendations for streaming platforms.
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One Good Film
One Good Film: "Locke" (2013)
The best guy-in-a-car movie of all time? Discuss.
Directors
Musing on Muses (from the WaPo)
Maybe it’s time to rethink the way we think about muses.
Remembrances ⭐️
(Almost) All the Stuff I Wrote for the Washington Post This Week
For paid subscribers, three movie reviews and an appreciation of the late, great Donald Sutherland. From the Washington Post.
What to Watch
What to Watch: "Janet Planet"
Plus: Streaming movie recommendations and the five most overlooked Donald Sutherland performances.
One Good Film
One Good Film: "Animalia"
Sofia Alaoui's impressive debut feature about an enigmatic and allegorical apocalypse comes to video on demand.
Zen Journal
Koan Curriculum
(Backing into the Zen Journal after long silence.)
What to Watch
What to Watch: "The Old Oak"
Ken Loach's final film comes to VOD. Plus: Reviews of "Brats" and "Tuesday."
Good Movies 📽
10 Good Movies on Prime Video
You're in the mood for a decent film? Here are 10 that just became available on Amazon Prime.
One Good Film
One Good Film: "The Nomi Song"
Further time-tunneling into New Wave New York, courtesy of a lost interplanetary androgyne (no, not Bowie) and one of the author's favorite reviews.
One Good Film
One Good Film: "Liquid Sky"
Holy Pyramid Club: "Liquid Sky" (1982, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 1/2) has surfaced on the Criterion Channel like a day-glo nitrous gas bubble from another era, and, as the film is unavailable anywhere else at this writing, I advise you to have a look.
What to Watch
What to Watch: "Hit Man," dammit. (Plus other new stuff)
A (belated) review of Richard Linklater's latest, plus "The Dead Don't Hurt," "Robot Dreams," and more.