#842: Casino Royale at 15 / Sweetie (Campion #1)
Daniel Craig’s thrilling debut as a ‘blunt instrument’ Bond.
Read More#841: Top 5 Films of 1971 / The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
Happy 50th to Wonka, Shaft, Harold and Maude, and Alex and his droogs.
Read More#840: The Card Counter / Wong Kar Wai Marathon Awards
Oscar Isaac and Tiffany Haddish in the latest from Paul Schrader (“First Reformed”).
Read More#839: Fall Movie Preview / Shang-Chi / Candyman (2021)
10 questions about the fall movie season.
Read More#838: In The Mood For Love at 20 / Nine Days / Top 5 Movie Romantic Gestures (Revisited)
Loneliness, desire and playacting in Wong Kar Wai’s 2000 masterpiece.
Read More#837: Annette / Respect / Happy Together (Wong Kar Wai #5)
“Like it or not, it’s a real movie.” Guest critic Michael Phillips joins Josh for a review of the latest from director Leos Carax.
Read More#836: The Green Knight / The Suicide Squad / Fallen Angels (Wong Kar Wai #4)
David Lowery brings his cinematic obsessions to an ancient Arthurian legend.
Read More#835: Pig / Old / Chungking Express (Wong Kar Wai #3)
“Truffle pig revenge tale” is the kind of late period Nic Cage picture you’ve come to expect, except for one thing: it’s really good.
Read More#834: Top 5 Beach Scenes / Days of Being Wild (Wong Kar Wai #2)
War, romance, betrayal, escape, the realization that humans destroyed themselves in a nuclear holocaust. It all happens at the beach.
Read More#833: A Clockwork Orange at 50 / Roadrunner / As Tears Go By (Wong Kar Wai #1)
Kubrick’s divisive masterpiece still provokes a half century after its ’71 debut.
Read More#832: Black Widow / Summer of Soul / No Sudden Move / Zola
Natasha Romanoff finally gets her own chapter in the MCU.
Read MoreFS Revisited: Raiders of the Lost Ark / Top 5 Films of 1981
That time Michael Phillips bad-mouthed “Raiders.”
Read More#831: Fast & Furious 9 / Top 5 Fast & Furious Moments
That’s a lot of quarter-miles.
Read More#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.
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