‘Withnail & I’ retrospective: The queer cult classic that launched Richard E. Grant’s career turns 35
Withnail & I is a throbbing hangover, the dirty, disgusting apartment you wake up to on a Sunday morning in your youth. It’s a cult... Read More
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‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ retrospective: The rom-com that flipped the genre on its head and cemented Julia Roberts’ status as a full-fledged star
The 1997 romantic comedy My Best Friend’s Wedding is unhinged in many ways. For starters, it begins with an opening credits musical sequence to Burt... Read More
‘Grease 2’ retrospective: How the horny, audacious, gender-swapped sequel became a bigger (better?) cult hit than its predecessor
Let’s get this out of the way – I’m one of those freaks who saw Grease 2 first. I thought it was bad, but fun.... Read More
One year later, ‘Bo Burnham: Inside’ remains a perfect pandemic time capsule [Retrospective]
Bo Burnham: Inside is premised upon both a literal and artistic isolation; a one-man special created in a backyard shed, written, directed, edited, and filmed... Read More
‘My Cousin Vinny’ retrospective: ‘Yutes,’ grits and how Marisa Tomei’s Oscar win is still ticking after 30 years
Tick-tock, tick-tock. Yes, that is the sound of your biological clock ticking…like…this because 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the Academy Award winning comedy classic,... Read More
Robert Altman’s melancholic murder mystery ‘Gosford Park’ turns 20 and it’s as rich as it’s ever been [Retrospective]
I remember, sitting in the theater, the distinctive feeling of immediate intimacy while watching Kelly MacDonald in a cramped front seat, looking out rain-speckled windows... Read More
The sneaky universality of ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ [Retrospective]
There’s a famous Tolstoy quote that says, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” And yet, The Royal... Read More
Sing out, sing out: The enduring legacy of the original age gap romance ‘Harold and Maude’ at 50 [Retrospective]
This month marks the 50th anniversary of a seminal film in the American cinematic consciousness, Hal Ashby’s often misunderstood masterpiece, Harold and Maude. Starring Ruth... Read More
20 years later, and we’re still living in Harry Potter’s world [Retrospective]
When Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (or Philosopher’s, depending on how British you’d like to be) was released in US theaters on November 16,... Read More
Five years later, the eminently rewatchable ‘Arrival’ still leaves an indelible mark [Retrospective]
Five years later, the eminently rewatchable ‘Arrival’ still leaves an indelible mark [Retrospective]
Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival was released 5 years ago, on November 11, 2016 (you may remember something else that happened in November 2016). Produced for a... Read More
‘La Mas Dulce’ Review: Laïla Marrakchi Gives Visibility to Morocco’s Invisible Workers [B] Cannes 
‘Garance’ Review: Jeanne Herry’s Underwhelming Alcoholic Actress Vehicle Deters the Turbulently Brilliant Adèle Exarchopoulos [C] Cannes 
‘Clarissa’ Review: Sophie Okonedo Gets the Flowers Herself in Modern Day ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ [B+] Cannes 
‘Full Phil’ Review: Kristen Stewart is in Peak Form in Quentin Dupieux’s Manic Father-Daughter Comedy [C+] Cannes