Weekly Digest

Watch List Digest 3/1/24

Featuring a review of Denis Villeneuve's "Dune Part 2" and a round-up of Oscar-nominated Animated and Live Action shorts.

Ty Burr

Ty Burr

— 2 min read
Watch List Digest 3/1/24
Not a real doctor but a real worm: "Dune Part 2"

This is the Friday recap of Ty Burr’s Watch List postings for the week. If you’d like to cut down on in-box clutter and receive this weekly email ONLY, hit the red "Account" button on the top right of the home page, select "manage" under "Email preferences," and untoggle the regular "Watch List" newsletter option, leaving the “Weekly Digest” option toggled on. If you'd like to NOT receive this re-cap, just untoggle the "Weekly Digest" option.

Two posts this week: A fairly persnickety (but positive!) review of Denis Villeneuve's "Dune Part 2" and a critical round-up of the Oscar-nominated Animated and Live Action shorts. Among other things.

Sand Blast: “Dune Part 2”
If you’re willing to be pummeled by Serious Blockbuster Cinema, Denis Villeneuve is your man.
Ty Burr's Watch ListTy Burr
What to Watch: Oscar shorts
Plus: Ty talks Oscar for worthy causes and The New Yorker gets a new movie critic.
Ty Burr's Watch ListTy Burr

Care to comment? Please do.

Join the discussion

Feel free to forward this newsletter to your movie-loving friends! If you’re not a paying subscriber and would like to sign up for additional postings and to join the discussions — or just help underwrite this enterprise, for which the author would be eternally grateful — here’s how.

Subscribe

Read more