#835: Pig / Old / Chungking Express (Wong Kar Wai #3)
“Truffle pig revenge tale” is the kind of late period Nic Cage picture you’ve come to expect, except for one thing: it’s really good.
Read More#834: Top 5 Beach Scenes / Days of Being Wild (Wong Kar Wai #2)
War, romance, betrayal, escape, the realization that humans destroyed themselves in a nuclear holocaust. It all happens at the beach.
Read More#833: A Clockwork Orange at 50 / Roadrunner / As Tears Go By (Wong Kar Wai #1)
Kubrick’s divisive masterpiece still provokes a half century after its ’71 debut.
Read More#832: Black Widow / Summer of Soul / No Sudden Move / Zola
Natasha Romanoff finally gets her own chapter in the MCU.
Read MoreFS Revisited: Raiders of the Lost Ark / Top 5 Films of 1981
That time Michael Phillips bad-mouthed “Raiders.”
Read More#831: Fast & Furious 9 / Top 5 Fast & Furious Moments
That’s a lot of quarter-miles.
Read More#830: Pixar’s Luca / 7 From ’76 Awards / The Sparks Brothers
What Pixar’s latest lacks in ambition it makes up for in modest charm.
Read More#829: In The Heights / Car Wash (7 From ’76)
Jon M. Chu’s ecstatic, over-the-top adaptation of the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical.
Read More#828: Undine / Harlan County U.S.A. (7 From ’76)
The latest from Germany’s Christian Petzold (“Transit”) is a romance haunted by history.
Read More#827: A Quiet Place Part II / Top 5 Quiet Scenes
What happens when movie characters stop talking?
Read More#826: Summer Movie Preview / Shiva Baby / “The Savages” (’40s Noir Awards)
Summer movies are back. We’ve got questions.
Read More#825: The Underground Railroad / White Heat (’40s Noir #6)
Barry Jenkins adapts Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel for the small screen.
Read More#824: Top 5 ’70s Movie Moms / Wrath of Man / News From Home (7 From ’76)
Complicated moms for a complicated decade.
Read More#823: Together Together / Oscars / The Lady From Shanghai (’40s Noir #5)
Ed Helms and Patti Harrison make an unlikely connection in the new comedy from Nikole Beckwith.
Read More#822: Oscars Special with Michael Phillips
Who will win, who should win—and the Academy’s unfortunate omissions.
Read More#821: Rocky (7 From ’76) / Detour (’40s Noir #4) / ’80s Madness Champ
Stallone’s beloved underdog story is impossible to resist. Except when it’s not.
Read More#820: Godzilla (’54) vs. Kong (’33)
Which classic monster movie reigns supreme?
Read More#819: Oscars Homework (Pieces of a Woman / U.S. vs Billie Holiday / My Octopus Teacher)
Catching up with Best Actress nominees Andra Day and Vanessa Kirby.
Read More#818: Network (7 From ’76) / Laura (’40s Noir #3) / Oscar Nominations
45 years later, our screens may have changed, but Sidney Lumet’s Oscar-winning media satire still stings.
Read More#817: Top 5 Movie Meals / WandaVision / The Truffle Hunters
Prawns, Sushi, Alligator and Ramen are on the menu. And bacon. Lots and lots of bacon.
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