Everybody's Got One: The Home of Tim Grierson

It has become a nearly annual tradition that, over the holidays, Susan and I go on a road trip. If it's an even-numbered year, we rent a...

I helped  Screen International  with its roundup of 50 essentials films of this Oscar season. Individual bylines aren't indicated, but I...

Two phenomenal performances lead this week's podcast. First up, we look at  If I Had Legs I'd Kick You , starring Rose Byrne. Then w...

When I was younger, I assumed I would never go to a film festival. That was something other critics did — it felt too far away for me to eve...

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

What a stunner If I Had Legs I'd Kick You is. Rose Byrne plays a woman who, for all practical purposes, is a single mom. (Her husband i...

And what even is an action-comedy? I answer both questions over at Cracked .

It's one of his most divisive films. It was a box-office bomb. But I like Danny Boyle's Sunshine . It came out 14 years ago, and I s...

Jon Stewart has made his second film, Irresistible , a political satire about a small-town election. The movie made me think about the fi...

Busy week on the podcast. First up, we review Crazy Rich Asians and Mile 22 . Then, Will asks me some questions about Juliet, Naked . Fi...

You may remember I saw Spy back in March in connection to its premiere at South by Southwest. I was in Los Angeles in a screening room ...

Adult Beginners is the type of film I, uncharitably, refer to as "a Sundance movie." A comedy-drama that focuses on the mild d...

My final review of the year for Screen International is a huge lump of coal. The Annie remake is positively dreadful. (Thank goodness fo...