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Tuesday, November 18, 2025

'Wicked: For Good' Review

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As a colleague put it, "The good news is we won't have to watch any more  Wicked  movies now." My review of  For Good  is avai...

'Rental Family' Review

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I find Brendan Fraser such a unique actor: Nobody brings exactly his quality of fragility and sweetness to the screen. But that doesn't ...
Friday, November 14, 2025

'Trifole' Review

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Trifole  pays tribute to a region of Italy long celebrated for its abundance of truffles. But when an aging truffle hunter needs his restles...

'Keeper' Review

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If you're keeping track, I loved  Longlegs  and disliked  The Monkey . So I was curious going into Osgood Perkins' latest horror fli...

'Press Play With Madeleine Brand': Raving About 'Sirat' and 'Left-Handed Girl'

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A diverse group of films are discussed on my latest visit to KCRW. Alison Willmore and I review  The Running Man , disagree about  Jay Kelly...

Labi Siffre - "Cannock Chase"

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Everybody, have a good weekend. I hate how early it gets dark right now.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'Bugonia,' Kelly Reichardt and 'Die My Love'

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Four new movies this week, and I really like all four of them. In this episode, we talk about  Die My Love , Predator: Badlands ,  Bugonia ...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

'Now You See Me: Now You Don't' Review

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To be fair, I have come around to enjoying Jesse Eisenberg in these magician-thief movies. On the other hand ... this franchise is just so d...
Friday, November 07, 2025

'In Your Dreams' Review

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Two young siblings fear their parents are getting divorced. Maybe the Sandman can help save the day? That's the plot of  In Your Dreams ...

L7 - "Shitlist"

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L7 was one of those bands that I thought was gonna be huge. That didn't happen but, lord, did they rock. I was thinking of  Natural Born...
Tuesday, November 04, 2025

American French Film Festival 2025: 'Guru' Review

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First, real fast: The festival that was long known as COLCOA (for City of Lights, City of Angels) recently changed its name to the American ...

'Predator: Badlands' Review

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Is  Predator: Badlands  my favorite Predator  movie? Honestly, I think so. I raved over at  Screen International . 
Friday, October 31, 2025

Neil Diamond - "Dry Your Eyes" (from 'The Last Waltz')

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Sadly,  Song Sung Blue  doesn't feature this Neil Diamond stomper.
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Tim Grierson
Senior U.S. critic for Screen International. My writing appears at the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Vulture and the A.V. Club. My latest book is This Is How You Make a Movie. I'm also the author of Martin Scorsese in Ten Scenes and Public Enemy: Inside the Terrordome. Other books: FilmCraft: Screenwriting, Wilco: Sunken Treasure, and Blinking Lights and Other Revelations: The Story of Eels. (I'm also co-author of FilmCraft: Cinematography.) Email me at grierson@hotmail.com.
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