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Menu: Adventures in Fine Dining

Horror stories have always been bound up with food: Vampires drink blood, zombies eat brains, and a hell of a lot of monsters eat...

She Said: The Woman’s Story

When my graduate school days in New York were winding down, I went by the career center at NYU and saw a job posting...

Film Shorts // November 16-22, 2022

OPENING   Drishyam 2 (NR) This Hindi-language remake of the Malayalam-language crime thriller stars Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Akshaye Khanna, Shriya Saran, Ishita Dutta, and Rajat Kapoor....

Waffles + Mochi: Kids’ Menu

When I was little, I hated mushrooms and coconut. It was less about the taste than the texture for me. Now I’m OK with...

Film Shorts // November 9-15, 2022

OPENING   Bardo (R) The latest film by Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman) stars Daniel Giménez Cacho as a journalist seeking peace with his Mexican identity. Also...

Wakanda Forever: Throw Up the X

When I reviewed Black Panther, I said that we hadn’t seen the limits of what Ryan Coogler could do. Surely Black Panther: Wakanda Forever represents...

Banshees: Why Can’t We Be Friends?

Martin McDonagh became famous for his stage plays set in his native Ireland such as The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Lieutenant of...

Armageddon Time: Smoking in the Boys Room

I’ve made clear before that I don’t care much for James Gray, but I’ll say this: Armageddon Time is his best movie, in my...

Woo!

When was the last time you saw a good lawyer show? The last one I saw was The Good Wife, which went off the...

Film Shorts // November 2-8, 2022

OPENING   Aftersun (R) Charlotte Wells’ drama is about a 10-year-old Scottish girl (Frankie Corio) who takes a summer vacation in Turkey with her father (Paul...