You’ll be hard-pressed to have more straight-up fun with a movie this month or maybe even this year.
In honor of our film of the week, Local Hero, I'm reviewing I Know Where I'm Going! from Powell and Pressburger for The Cinessential
For The Cinessential, I write about Barbara Kopple's 1990 workers' rights documentary in the context of Harlan County U.S.A. week
For The Cinessential, I'm reviewing this 1958 stage-to-screen classic in honor of our film of the week, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
On our latest episode, Max and I discuss the fall festival lineups, Kubo, Florence Foster Jenkins, the new Arrival trailer, the November Criterion lineup, and ... hot iced coffee?
Your guide to streaming my favorite films of 2015, the year's Oscar nominees, and more great new releases
My top 20 this year includes the best action movie in more than a decade, a hilarious comedy about the 2008 economic crisis, Quentin Tarantino at his most explosive, and a documentary starring a disembodied head. Yeah, it was a good year for movies
While some 2018 Oscar races are sewn up, others are still wide open or ripe for a surprise
It's a year without a front-runner, but that might change if The Shape of Water (or Three Billboards) dominates nomination morning.
Dunkirk, Darkest Hour, and The Shape of Water appear to be front-runners for this year's top prize. What else is on the horizon?
