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Friday, July 31, 2020

Lenny Kravitz - "Again"

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I've never been the biggest Lenny Kravitz guy. (I thought he was great on Better Things , though.) But I've always had a fondness f...
Thursday, July 30, 2020

My Interview With Robert P. Jones, Author of 'White Too Long'

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I really enjoyed this. For MEL , I spoke with Robert P. Jones, religious scholar and author, whose new book White Too Long: The Legacy of...

'The Fight' Review

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The Fight looks at the battle the ACLU has waged against the Trump administration. I found the documentary to be strongest when it didn...

'Inception' at 10

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For SyFy, I pondered Inception 's impact. Big movie star teams up with big movie director for high-concept, top-secret project. And, ...

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'The Rental,' 'Yes, God, Yes' and 'The Host'

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On this week's episode, we're dealing with guilt, whether it's characters spending time in an Airbnb ( The Rental ) or horny ...
Monday, July 27, 2020

All the Oscar Nominees From Every Summer Blockbuster

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Good heavens, there are 54 performances that have been nominated from summer hits. (I thought this was supposed to be the season of mindl...

Five Replacements for 'The French Dispatch'

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Wes Anderson was supposed to have a new movie out last Friday. That didn't happen. For Vulture , we offered five streaming alternat...
Friday, July 24, 2020

Tierra Whack - 'Whack World'

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Imagine if Abbey Road was just the second-side suite and you're close to grasping Whack World , which is 15 songs, each of them exactly...
Thursday, July 23, 2020

'The Rental' Review

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Remember Airbnb rentals? Dave Franco's directorial debut is about one that goes very wrong. My review is up at MEL .
Tuesday, July 21, 2020

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: World War II Misery, Scorsese's Religious Epic and 'Demolition Man'

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On this week's episode, we differ on The Painted Bird . Then, we have two Reboots: Martin Scorsese's tortured Silence and that n...

'Fear City: New York vs the Mafia' Review

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You'd think a story about how prosecutors and the FBI took down the Five Families would be pretty exciting. But in the case of a new N...
Monday, July 20, 2020

The Endless Resonance of "This Land Is Your Land"

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Every once in a while, someone online proposes that Woody Guthrie's most famous song should be our new national anthem. For MEL , I ...

This Week in Genre History: 'X-Men,' 20 Years Later

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Can it really be 20 years since Wolverine and his pals first burst onto the big screen? I wrote about the film's legacy over at SyFy .
Saturday, July 18, 2020

The Four Kinds of Christmas Movies You See During the Summer

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It's rare, but Hollywood sometimes releases Christmas-themed films at the multiplex during the warm weather months. I did a taxonomy ...

Five Replacements for 'Tenet'

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Folks, Tenet is probably not coming out this summer. The Christopher Nolan thriller was set to open yesterday, so for Vulture , we offer...

'The Painted Bird' Review

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My last night in Venice , I was exhausted and decided to skip the evening premiere of The Painted Bird , a nearly-three-hour World War II...
Friday, July 17, 2020

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - "In a Sentimental Mood"

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There's a paucity of jazz on this site. Let's fix that.
Thursday, July 16, 2020

'Father Soldier Son' Review

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Brian Eisch served his country in the Army, getting injured in Afghanistan and sent home in 2011. His wounds were so bad that it was prop...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Jimmy Stewart 101

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Where do you start if you're wanting to dive into Jimmy Stewart's oeuvre? I have your guide .
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

My Interview With Alex Winter, Director of 'Showbiz Kids'

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You probably know him from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure . But Alex Winter has become a documentary filmmaker over the last 10...
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Tim Grierson
Senior U.S. critic for Screen International. My writing appears at the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Vulture and the A.V. Club. My latest book is This Is How You Make a Movie. I'm also the author of Martin Scorsese in Ten Scenes and Public Enemy: Inside the Terrordome. Other books: FilmCraft: Screenwriting, Wilco: Sunken Treasure, and Blinking Lights and Other Revelations: The Story of Eels. (I'm also co-author of FilmCraft: Cinematography.) Email me at grierson@hotmail.com.
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