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The Best Films of the Year So Far (* According to Metacritic, According to Me): Part 1

The Best Films of the Year So Far (* According to Metacritic, According to Me): Part 1

Scott Tobias

Catching up with the most acclaimed films of the past eight months.

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Apocalypse? Now?: 60 Years Later, This Low-Budget Vision of the Apocalypse Remains Unnervingly Timely

Apocalypse? Now?: 60 Years Later, This Low-Budget Vision of the Apocalypse Remains Unnervingly Timely

Keith Phipps

Ray Milland directs and stars in 'Panic in Year Zero!,' a vision of an ordinary family doing what it takes to survive after nuclear missiles destroy Los Angeles.

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In Review: ‘Keane,’ ‘Day Shift’

In Review: ‘Keane,’ ‘Day Shift’

Keith Phipps

A harrowing indie from the early '00s returns to theaters as Jamie Foxx fights vampires on Netflix.

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Tomb of the Unknown Video Store

Tomb of the Unknown Video Store

Scott Tobias

Memories of working at Video Library, the best video store in Athens, Georgia.

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The ’80s in 40: '9 to 5' (December 19, 1980)

The ’80s in 40: '9 to 5' (December 19, 1980)

Keith Phipps

At the end of 1980 Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton starred in an unabashedly feminist, pro-labor comedy so fun even Ronald Reagan liked it, mostly

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In Review: 'Emily the Criminal'

In Review: 'Emily the Criminal'

Scott Tobias

Aubrey Plaza gets one of her best roles to date as a debt-ridden Angeleno who finds work in the dangerous gig economy of the underworld.

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