'Devo' Review

I saw Devo at Sundance in 2024. At long last, the film is now available to watch for everybody else. My review is up at the A.V. Club.

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: Denzel Washington, 'Sherlock Jr.' and 'American Movie'

Greetings from Toronto. I'll be at the festival for the next week or so, but here's a podcast episode to tide you over. We review The Equalizer 3, and then we go back to evaluate Sherlock Jr. and American Movie. Lots of fun stuff to dig into down below.

My Interview With Chris Smith, Director of 'Fyre'

Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened gives us the blow-by-blow account of what went wrong with 2017's Fyre Festival. For MEL, I spoke with Chris Smith, the director of American Movie and Jim & Andy. We talked about Instagram, millennials and what the media got wrong about the festival debacle. Hope you enjoy.

Misleading Men: Jim Carrey

For my latest installment of Misleading Men at MEL, I wrote about Jim Carrey, who's the star of a new documentary called Jim & Andy. It's about Carrey's transformation into Andy Kaufman for Man on the Moon, which I think is a great movie. Jim & Andy examines what went on during the movie, and what happened to Carrey afterward. I talk about the film and him here.