The Revenant Wants You Dead
Go see The Revenant with your dead son.
Lost in the Storm with The Hateful Eight
I think you should watch it on TV, late one drunken Saturday, and tell me what you think.
I See Movies, 2015 Edition
In which I list every movie I watched during 2015, because who doesn’t love a good list?
The Hateful Eight, Tarantino’s 70mm Western, Is A Real Movie
Neither cartoon nor meta-commentary on itself, The Hateful Eight is something crazier still: a good movie.
A Fraction of All That’s Wrong With Star Wars: The Force Awakens
In which our weary correspondent asks questions he wishes certain writers had asked before him.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Isn’t Your Father
Let Vader strike you down; it matters not.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, In Which The Empire Has A Great Idea—A Death Star! What Could Go Wrong?
I know, but hear me out–it’s a REALLY BIG Death Star, right? It’s just so, so, so BIG this time. You see? No way it blows up again. I promise.
The Most Important Top Ten of 2015
That’s right: because of Star Wars.
Valerie And Her Week of Wonders: Vampiric Czech Surrealism
Plunge into an eastern European rabbit-hole, don’t forget your enchanted pearl, and watch out for chickens, priests, and polecats.
Alamo Drafthouse Re-Opens The New Mission Theater
At long last, the Alamo Drafthouse arrives in San Francisco to show us some movies.
Amy, In Which The Life and Death of Amy Winehouse Will Depress The Fuck Out of You
A sad, sad story of an artist eaten alive.
Spotlight Commits Cardinal Sin
Spotlight is not nearly as thrilling as watching four people doing research and scribbling on wood-pulp paper can be.
The Good Dinosaur: on Missing that Critical Impact
What if the impact that made The Good Dinosaur a great film narrowly missed Earth?
Hitchcock/Truffaut, In Which A Book Is Brought To Life
A cinematic ode to a movie director’s ode to a movie director.