Kubo and the Two Strings and the Loose Threads
Mumble, mumble forgiveness pass the nori.
Changing My Tune On The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
A movie I long ago misjudged to be kinda dull is in fact all kinds of fun.
The Salesman Cannot Come to Your Door
This is Farhadi’s special genius. He invites you into lives unfamiliar only to spin around the mirror in the last moments so you can see your own surprised face.
The Best And Worst Films of 2016, And A Few More Besides
In which I wander seemingly at random through the year’s movies, the good, the bad, and the in between.
Scorsese’s Silence Suffers
Come inside and share my doubt.
Paterson: The Drama of The Undramatic
Jim Jarmusch has another poem to read you.
Your Noir City 15 Cheat Sheet
In this, its 15th iteration, Noir City shifts from showing obscure and long-lost noirs in order to focus on all sorts of heist films — many of them more modern but no less obscure.
I See Movies, 2016 Edition
Lovers of lists, rejoice! Once again, I list every movie I saw this year, all the while secretly wondering just what it is I think I’m doing with my life.
If Only La La Land
Know both the electric excitement of what might have been and the solemn beauty of what is.
Christmas Evil: Best Christmas Movie Ever
In which we discover, much too late in life, that the best Christmas movie ever made has been hiding in plain sight, waiting to be found and adored.
Mad Max: Fury Road – Black and Chrome Edition: Like The Seven Samurai, But In The Desert, And With Gasoline And Explosions
This whole “color movies” thing is just a fad anyhow.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Short On Story
In which Disney’s latest re-tooled Star Wars toy arrives already opened, bent, and missing pieces.
Consider The Blade Runner 2049 Trailer
What do we think of this?
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Story of Star Wars Itself
Stars. Wars. Etc.