Sundance 2019: Michael Jackson and Harvey Weinstein Face the Music

For MEL, I wrote about the eerie similarities between Leaving Neverland and Untouchable. Michael Jackson and Harvey Weinstein were very different monsters ... but their strategies for praying on their victims had disturbing amounts of overlap. My essay is here.

(This great artwork is by MEL's own Sam Dworkin.)

Some Thoughts on 'Conversations With a Killer'

I watched the new Netflix docuseries about Ted Bundy, and I have some thoughts ... about handsome serial killers, The Killing of America and Some Kind of Monster. My piece is up at MEL.

Sundance 2019: 'Them That Follow' Review

Them That Follow embeds us with an extreme Pentecostal community, one that engages in snake-handling. This tense drama is well-acted, but it's also a bit suffocating, as I explain in my Screen International review.

Sundance 2019: 'Official Secrets' Review

Between movies like Spotlight and The Post, we've become accustomed to true-life dramas like Official Secrets. This Gavin Hood film still works pretty darn well, though, starring Keira Knightley as whistleblower trying to keep the U.K. and U.S. from invading Iraq in 2003. You can read my review here.

'Miss Bala' Review

I didn't love the original Miss Bala, but I much prefer it to the remake, which stars Gina Rodriguez as a woman who finds herself in a desperate situation that just keeps getting worse. My review is up at Screen International.

Sundance 2019: 'Fighting With My Family' Review

I was pleasantly surprised by Fighting With My Family, not least of which because Florence Pugh is great in it. She's been excellent in her previous work, but she gives a movie-star performance here. My review is up at Screen International.

'Press Play With Madeleine Brand': Talking About the New Michael Jackson Documentary

I'm still at Sundance, but I got on the phone to talk to the great Madeleine Brand about Leaving Neverland. You can hear our conversation here.

Sundance 2019: 'Give Me Liberty' Review

"Like the passengers in the van which is Give Me Liberty’s primary form of transportation, viewers of this compassionate, sometimes disjointed drama need to hang on and go along for the ride, no matter the bumps and unexpected detours that may occur." That's the opening line of my review, which you can read here.

Sundance 2019: 'After the Wedding' Review

Susanne Bier's After the Wedding was Oscar-nominated. Now comes the English-language remake starring Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams. Stick with the original. My review is up at Screen International.

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: Looking Back at '25th Hour' and 'Galaxy Quest'

I'm at Sundance. Will is home. So for this week's episode, I asked him a little about Serenity. Then we did two Reboot films: 25th Hour and Galaxy Quest. Hope you enjoy.

Sundance 2019: 'Honey Boy' Review

As a Shia LaBeouf fan, I was curious about Honey Boy, which is based on his own contentious relationship with his father. Alas, the movie doesn't quite work.

Sundance 2019: 'To the Stars' Review

Small but lovely, To the Stars was one of the Sundance films that was screened for me in advance of the festival. I'm glad people here in Park City are enjoying it as much as I did. My review is over at Screen International.

'Cold Pursuit' Review

Liam Neeson drives a snowplow in Cold Pursuit, which wants to be a bizarro revenge thriller. It doesn't quite get there. I reviewed the film for Screen International.

Slamdance 2019: 'High Flying Bird' Review

I'm usually down when Steven Soderbergh decides to go low-budget and experimental. But I was disappointed by High Flying Bird. I explain why over at Screen International.

Sundance 2019: 'The Lodge' Review

The Lodge is probably the most divisive film of this year's festival. Put me in the "huge, huge fan" category. Riley Keough is terrific in this deeply unsettling horror movie. My review is up at Screen International.

Sundance 2019: 'Leaving Neverland' Review

Leaving Neverland is four hours. It needs that much time to tell its story, which is devastating. I reviewed the documentary for Screen International.

'The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part' Review

I much preferred the first part. For Screen International, I reviewed The Lego Movie 2.

Sundance 2019: 'Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile' Review

Greetings from Park City. I reviewed the new Ted Bundy biopic, which stars Zac Efron as the serial killer. Extremely Wicked has a clever premise, but only so-so execution. I get into all that here.

Le Tigre - "Get Off the Internet"

This song is getting more and more real with each passing year.

Some Thoughts on 'Glass'

Glass really annoyed me, for personal reasons, which I get into over at MEL.