Minding the Gaps: 'The End of Summer' (1961): “Until the moss grows”
A column dedicated to watching a previously unseen movie chosen at random kicks off with late work by a Japanese master
The Best Films of the Year (* According to Metacritic, According to Me): Part II
In yesterday’s newsletter, I wrote about my woeful slacktitude as a moviegoer during the first two-thirds of 2021, and my efforts to make up
The Best Films of the Year (*According to Metacritic, According to Me): Part 1
In which a humbled critic binges the woefully neglected great films of 2021.
Open Question: Is your first James Bond destined to be your favorite James Bond?
Are we fated to love the Bond we love or can we choose?
In Review: 'No Time to Die' and 'Lamb'
The James Bond series brings the Daniel Craig era to a close. Meanwhile, in Iceland, a grieving couple forms an unconventional family.
Beware of Unfounded Optimism: Shin Godzilla and Other Instructive Apocalypses
Sometimes the bleakest of kaiju movies and visions of relentless zombie hordes are the best way sense of the world.