Up, Up, and Away
In 2006, the characters in Superman Returns did not use the phrase “truth, justice, and the American way” because the Iraq war had left America’s...
F1: Get Into My Car
Joseph Kosinski is not my favorite director. Nevertheless F1: The Movie shows off many of the things that he does exceptionally well. His sound design...
Summer Movie Preview
Let’s skip past the introductory paragraph and dive right in. The horror movie series from the 1980s are in no small part responsible for...
Adolescence: ‘What Have You Done?’
Sometimes when a cultural phenomenon seems to come out of nowhere, I’m already on top of it. The British crime drama Adolescence quickly became a...
Thin Line Festival 2025
Thin Line Festival takes its name from the space between two seemingly contrary and competing ideas. The organizers say it’s where you find the...
Hour of The Amateur
About half an hour into The Amateur, Charlie Heller (Rami Malek) is lurking inside a Parisian apartment building where a terrorist (Barbara Probst) lives....
Oscar’s Gold
Honestly, some evil part of me wishes that Donald Trump had withheld federal aid from California after this winter’s wildfires, because then you’d really...
Seed of the Sacred Fig: A Movie in Secret
Mohammad Rasoulof is now an exile because he made The Seed of the Sacred Fig. The Iranian director was the talk of the Cannes...
The Best Lead Performances of 2024
I’m afraid I owe this column to the L.A. wildfires, which put off the announcement of the Oscar nominations and gave me some extra...
The Best Supporting Performances of 2024
I’m trying something different this year. The end of this article contains a mention of movies with terrific ensemble casts. I think that’s worth...
