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.
Tending the garden: Why the unusual release plan for ‘Memoria’ is good for film culture
Neon announced a plan to release the new Apichatpong Weerasethakul film in one city, one theater and one week at a time. We should be happy about who benefits.
Odds and Sods: Five Thoughts on Quentin Tarantino's Novelization of 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'
What the director's first foray into paperback fiction says about his discursive nature, his key obsessions and novelizations as a form.