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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Film Shorts

R.I.P., Stanley Kauffmann

Thanks for Making Me The Fighter

Out of the Past

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Two Weeks in Another Town

No less than The New York Times recently dubbed Nancy Meyers “the queen of chick flicks.” Leaving aside my previously stated objections to the...

Film Shorts

OPENING  The Assistant (R) Julia Garner stars in this drama as an assistant at a film studio who realizes that her boss is a sexual...

The Best Supporting Performances of 2023

I had a hard time coming up with women to put on this list, and sadly, this isn’t the first time I’ve had to...

Grim and Grimmer

If you’ve heard anything about The Brothers Grimsby, it’s probably that the movie has a joke in which Donald Trump contracts AIDS. Supposedly the...

Caught Stealing: Giants Fan

In some ways, Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing reminds you of his first feature film π. It’s set in 1998, when π was released, it...

Locked Up

In 2019, Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 650, which provides new rights for female prisoners and training requirements for guards working in the...

Dinner for Schmucks: American Idiot

Maybe the best part of Dinner for Schmucks is the opening credit sequence. It shows the construction of an elaborate diorama, depicting a daytime...
Olivia Wilde finds a lot of white roses in her hotel room in Third Person.

Stories He Tells

Eight minutes. That’s how long it took. I suspected going into Third Person that I was going to hate it, so I decided to...

Rebuilding the Shield

Three years ago this week, The Avengers opened. Ultimately, it would become the third-biggest box office hit in movie history. Part of its success...

Film Shorts // June 30-July 6, 2021

OPENING   The Boss Baby: Family Business (PG) The sequel to the 2017 animated film features adult versions of the brothers (voiced by Alec Baldwin and...