The Reveal
Home About
✦  Sign in
Home About

The Family Underground: Sidney Lumet's 'Running on Empty'

The Family Underground: Sidney Lumet's 'Running on Empty'

Scott Tobias

This heartbreaking drama, one of Lumet's most underrated, weighs the costs of a radical act of conscience.

Newsletter
Worst to Best: Music Videos for Best Original Song Oscar Winners

Worst to Best: Music Videos for Best Original Song Oscar Winners ✦

Keith Phipps

Sure, all these songs won Oscars for the movies in which they appear. But how do they work as music videos?

Newsletter ✦ Premium
In Review: 'Drive-Away Dolls,' 'Io Capitano'

In Review: 'Drive-Away Dolls,' 'Io Capitano'

Keith Phipps Scott Tobias

Ethan Coen delivers a memorable solo outing while the director of 'Gomorrah' steps out of his comfort zone with an Oscar-nominated immigrant drama.

Newsletter
Worst to Best: The 2024 Oscar Shorts Nominees

Worst to Best: The 2024 Oscar Shorts Nominees ✦

Scott Tobias

A viewer's guide to the best, worst and least mediocre shorts on the Oscar ballot.

Newsletter ✦ Premium
#78 (tie): 'Modern Times': The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time

#78 (tie): 'Modern Times': The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time

Keith Phipps Scott Tobias

Charlie Chaplin bid farewell to silent moviemaking and his signature creation with a comically inventive piece of social commentary.

Newsletter
The 2023 Reveal Subscriber Poll

The 2023 Reveal Subscriber Poll

Scott Tobias

Our second annual paid subscriber poll yields a Scorsese/Nolan battle royale at the top and suggests future cult status for 'Beau is Afraid' and 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline.'

Newsletter
The Reveal Movies now. Movies then. Movies forever.
2025   •   The Reveal
Sign up