#830: Pixar’s Luca / 7 From ’76 Awards / The Sparks Brothers
What Pixar’s latest lacks in ambition it makes up for in modest charm.
Read More#829: In The Heights / Car Wash (7 From ’76)
Jon M. Chu’s ecstatic, over-the-top adaptation of the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical.
Read More#828: Undine / Harlan County U.S.A. (7 From ’76)
The latest from Germany’s Christian Petzold (“Transit”) is a romance haunted by history.
Read More#827: A Quiet Place Part II / Top 5 Quiet Scenes
What happens when movie characters stop talking?
Read More#826: Summer Movie Preview / Shiva Baby / “The Savages” (’40s Noir Awards)
Summer movies are back. We’ve got questions.
Read More#825: The Underground Railroad / White Heat (’40s Noir #6)
Barry Jenkins adapts Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel for the small screen.
Read More#824: Top 5 ’70s Movie Moms / Wrath of Man / News From Home (7 From ’76)
Complicated moms for a complicated decade.
Read More#823: Together Together / Oscars / The Lady From Shanghai (’40s Noir #5)
Ed Helms and Patti Harrison make an unlikely connection in the new comedy from Nikole Beckwith.
Read More#822: Oscars Special with Michael Phillips
Who will win, who should win—and the Academy’s unfortunate omissions.
Read More#821: Rocky (7 From ’76) / Detour (’40s Noir #4) / ’80s Madness Champ
Stallone’s beloved underdog story is impossible to resist. Except when it’s not.
Read More#820: Godzilla (’54) vs. Kong (’33)
Which classic monster movie reigns supreme?
Read More#819: Oscars Homework (Pieces of a Woman / U.S. vs Billie Holiday / My Octopus Teacher)
Catching up with Best Actress nominees Andra Day and Vanessa Kirby.
Read More#818: Network (7 From ’76) / Laura (’40s Noir #3) / Oscar Nominations
45 years later, our screens may have changed, but Sidney Lumet’s Oscar-winning media satire still stings.
Read More#817: Top 5 Movie Meals / WandaVision / The Truffle Hunters
Prawns, Sushi, Alligator and Ramen are on the menu. And bacon. Lots and lots of bacon.
Read More#816: Taxi Driver (7 From ’76) / This Gun for Hire (40s Noir #2)
Scorsese's grimy urban masterpiece turns 45—and is timely as ever.
Read More#815: Top 5 Anthony Hopkins Performances / The Father / Madness Rd. 1
Some actors would have been forever defined by a role like Hannibal Lecter. Not Hopkins.
Read More#814: The Silence of the Lambs (30th Ann.) / Madness Play-Ins
Three decades after its historic sweep of the Oscars’ top prizes, Jonathan Demme’s film remains the gold standard for prestige pulp.
Read More#813: Judas and the Black Messiah / The Letter (40s Noir #1)
Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield are electric in the new biopic about slain Black Panther leader Fred Hampton.
Read More#812: All The President’s Men (7 From ’76) / Malcolm & Marie
Alan J. Pakula’s Best Picture nominee remains a thrilling marriage of craft and ensemble acting.
Read More#811: 2021 Movie Preview
We have so many questions about the new movie year.
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