Sunday, October 31, 2021

Tokyo 2021: 'Hommage' Review

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This was a fun discovery. Hommage concerns a 40-something director ( Parasite 's Lee Jung-eun) who fears her career has reached an impa...

'Press Play With Madeleine Brand': Singing the Praises of 'Passing'

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I was very happy to be on KCRW alongside Amy Nicholson to review this weekend's new movies, including Last Night in Soho , Antlers and ...

My Tribute to John Carpenter's "Halloween Theme"

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Happy Halloween , everyone: I wrote about the 1978 banger for MEL .
Friday, October 29, 2021

I Love "Werewolf Bar Mitzvah"

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So I wrote about it for MEL .

Fugees - "Fu-Gee-La"

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We used to be number 10, now we're permanent at one.
Thursday, October 28, 2021

Justin Theroux Plays a Great Negative Voice

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For MEL , I wrote about Violet , which stars Olivia Munn as an insecure Angeleno tormented by her inner critic ... played by a very convinci...

Kristen Stewart Has Made Five Really Good Films. Who Else Has in That Same Time Frame?

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  Inspired by Stewart's recent claim that she thinks she's only made five good films in her career, I started doing some research to...

Growing Up With Christian Slater

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When Heathers is a defining film from your childhood, you'll probably always have a personal connection to Christian Slater. I wrote ab...
Wednesday, October 27, 2021

'Film at Fifty': Going Long on 'The Last Picture Show'

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Brian Rowe does a podcast where he talks to a film critic about a different 50-year-old movie. I was very pleased to be asked to be on for ...

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'Dune,' Wes Anderson and 'Contact'

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We had our first Reboot in forever on this week's episode. Unfortunately, that movie was Contact . We also reviewed Dune and The Fren...

2021 Gotham Awards Nominees

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Kept forgetting to mention that I was part of this year's Gotham Awards acting jury, in which we were tasked with a new responsibility. ...
Monday, October 25, 2021

'Breakfast All Day': A Long Talk About 'The French Dispatch'

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Christy Lemire had Katie Walsh and me on this week's episode of Breakfast All Day to dig into Wes Anderson's latest. I was the only...
Sunday, October 24, 2021

Looking Back at "Hungry Like the Wolf"

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It's been nearly 40 years since Duran Duran's first major U.S. hit conquered MTV. For MEL , I did some digging into the song ... and...

'The Harder They Fall' Doesn't Ride Off Into the Sunset

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Here's an interesting idea: Take several prominent real-life Black cowboys, put them together in a fictionalized drama, and let them sho...

'Citizen Ashe' Review

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Arthur Ashe has been dead for nearly 30 years. But as Citizen Ashe argues, he couldn't be more relevant. I reviewed the thoughtful, mov...

'Eternals' Review

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Eternals is the first film from Chloe Zhao since Nomadland . Also, it's a Marvel movie. I tried and tried, but I just couldn't get ...
Friday, October 22, 2021

Delta 5 - "Mind Your Own Business"

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RIP Julz Sale .
Thursday, October 21, 2021

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'The Last Duel,' 'Halloween Kills' and 'Bergman Island'

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Period dramas, horror sequels and the latest from Mia Hansen-Løve are all featured on this week's podcast. Lots to discuss with all thre...
Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Giving 'The French Dispatch' Another Shot

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When I saw Wes Anderson's latest at Cannes, I was a little underwhelmed. So what turned it around for me on a second viewing? I get into...

Hell Yeah, Go See 'Dune'

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Pretentious, grandiose, self-important: Denis Villeneuve's Dune is all those things. That's partly why I dig it so much. I defend th...