Everybody's Got One: The Home of Tim Grierson

Batman v Superman doesn't portray either of its superheroes as particularly heroic. For MEL , I wrote about how the movie is an apt re...

Poker has always intimidated me. I've never felt savvy or macho enough to do well at the game, so I've largely avoided it. Over a...

Archer returns tonight to FX. It's as charmingly immature as ever, as I note in my review over at The Wrap . (And I'm so happy my...

The Oscar-winning actor turns 73 today, and in his honor I combed through his prolific career to pick his most indelible moments. Notice ...

Over at MEL , I pay tribute to the late, great Garry Shandling by writing about a particular plotline on the show in which Larry's bud...

Making her breakthrough with the terrific Middle of Nowhere , Emayatzy Corinealdi is back with Miles Ahead , where she plays the muse and...

For MEL , I dug into a recent cinematic phenomenon. We're used to prequels, remakes and reboots, but what about the way-too-late sequ...

It took me a little while to warm up to Everybody Wants Some!! , the latest from writer-director Richard Linklater. Then when I did, oh m...

The latest edition of the Grierson & Leitch podcast dissects the corpse that is Batman v Superman . If you're tired of hearing cri...

Recently when my wife was out of town for a week, I slept alone in our bed. The few times we don't sleep together, I always think of thi...

Over at Rolling Stone , some smart writers and I sing the praises of 30 terrific music biopics. I wasn't in charge of the rankings, b...

This year for True/False, I decided to focus less on individual reviews and instead immerse myself in as many films as I could. (The fewe...

I'm genuinely shocked that Batman v Superman has received good reviews. I found it depressingly, oppressively "dark" witho...

This week's installment of our New Republic podcast covers Midnight Special , of which we're both a fan. But we also dive into o...

On Friday, Batman v Superman comes to theaters. I see the movie tonight, but before then, Will and I put our heads together to rank the ...

The just-completed SXSW Film Festival awarded its Grand Jury prize to The Arbalest , the first feature for writer-director-editor Adam Pi...

I was pleased to be back on What the Flick?! to discuss recent and upcoming releases. Watch as I praise Midnight Special and Jeff Nichols,...

As someone who's always appreciated jazz but never had the expertise to dissect it with any sort of confidence, I can only report that K...

To watch Pee-wee's Big Holiday is to be reminded what made Mr. Herman such a delight in the first place. Pee-wee's gonzo sweetne...

Writer-director Jeff Nichols has done it again. Continuing a hit streak that started with Shotgun Stories , Take Shelter and Mud , he re...