Everybody's Got One: The Home of Tim Grierson

This was a fun one. For the  Los Angeles Times , I spoke to the writers of five of this year's Oscar-nominated screenplays to learn how ...

I am just now realizing that all three movies on this week's episode have trains in them. We lamented  Wicked: For Good  but praised  Tr...

The Plague tells the story of an all-boys water polo club. A new teammate comes to town and quickly realizes there's one kid who's ...

There's a temptation among film critics when they don't attend a particular festival to look askance at those who do, especially if ...

Train Dreams aspires to be an old-fashioned American epic, telling the story of an everyman living in Idaho at the start of the 20th centur...

It seems like a long time since George Clooney has made a great film as a director. The Boys in the Boat is his latest so-so effort. My rev...

So, for Vulture , we're going to start doing a regular series called "The Replacements." The idea: Blockbuster season was s...

For Screen International , I chatted with the very talented, very young Lucas Hedges. We talked Boy Erased , Ben Is Back and learning how...

A lot to cover on this week's podcast. We differ on Bohemian Rhapsody, we dig into the Orson Welles double feature of They'll Lov...

I haven't had a chance to moderate a SAG-AFTRA Q&A for a while, so I was pleased to speak with two people integral to Boy Erased : ...

Boy Erased suffers from an excess of good intentions. This story about a young man (Lucas Hedges) shipped off to a gay conversation ther...

For MEL , I dug into Red Sparrow , discussing why Jennifer Lawrence's press tour was way more fun than the actual movie she was promo...

Trey Edward Shults, the writer-director of Krisha , returns with It Comes at Night , which I consider a far superior film. It stars Joel ...