September 15, 2023
Was Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer inspired by Raiders of the Lost Ark?
Christopher Nolan seems to be remaking Steven Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in this profound meditation on…
September 15, 2023
A scorecard for Star Wars: Visions — Season 2
A quick review of my personal Star Wars history and notes on this new animated series, which has a few delightful…
August 16, 2023
Showing Up: a movie that will make artists feel seen
Kelly Reichardt's latest depicts the day-to-day challenges of artmaking with such truthfulness that artists may find it…
July 27, 2023
Second star to the right and straight on ’til … mourning?
David Lowery's "Peter Pan and Wendy" gives us a glimpse of the unconventionally meditative and innovative adaptation…
July 23, 2023
Kelly Fremon Craig gives us the perfect prelude to Barbie
Most people missed the long-awaited adaptation of "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret." in the theater. That's a…
July 18, 2023
First impressions of They Cloned Tyrone
The new Netflix sci-fi comedy features John Boyega and Jamie Foxx in their best performances in years.
July 18, 2023
The best rom-com of 2023? Don’t miss Rye Lane!
This rom-com from newcomer Raine Allen Miller just might be the meet-cutest film of the year.
July 14, 2023
First impressions of Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning
Here's a preview of Overstreet's thoughts on the latest Mission: Impossible movie.
June 27, 2023
A guy sets up a camera on his balcony… and magic happens
Pawel Łoziński offers us the privilege of meeting his neighbors in a documentary full of chance encounters and…
June 16, 2023
How to Blow Up a Pipeline: a call to arms to save the world
Daniel Goldhaber's film about desperate measures for desperate times is one of the year's most critically acclaimed…
May 6, 2023
Return to Seoul: a personal crisis of mistaken identity
If we don't know the context we came from, or the biology from which we were born, we might face particular challenges…
May 4, 2023
Down in “the miry clay” of the documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
This Oscar-nominated documentary exposes corporate cruelty from a voice of experience and a heart of compassion.