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Friday, October 04, 2024

Kris Kristofferson - "For the Good Times"

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There's no need to watch the bridges that we're burning.
Monday, September 30, 2024

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'Megalopolis,' 'A Different Man' and Differing on 'Wolfs'

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A supersized episode of the podcast this week, featuring reviews of four new movies. Neither of us liked Francis Ford Coppola's film, bu...
Saturday, September 28, 2024

'Press Play With Madeleine Brand': Coppola, Clooney and 'Saturday Night'

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What a treat to be on with Christy Lemire to talk about movies. We reviewed Megalopolis , Wolfs , The Wild Robot and Saturday Night . Check...
Friday, September 27, 2024

Lyrics Born - "Callin' Out"

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Lyrics Born's new album will be his last . Let's enjoy this banger in his honor.
Wednesday, September 25, 2024

'Saturday Night': What Parts of the Film Are Real? And Which Are Invented?

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This Friday, Saturday Night opens in theaters. For Cracked , I did a little fact-checking of this comedy-drama, which looks back at the ten...
Monday, September 23, 2024

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'The Substance,' 'His Three Daughters' and a Sundance Gem

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It feels like serious-movie season is finally upon us. On the podcast, we review three awards-buzz films: one that premiered at Cannes ( The...
Friday, September 20, 2024

'In the Summers' Review

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It was one of my favorite films at Sundance . Now, it's out in select cities. For the Los Angeles Times , I reviewed the wonderful In th...

The Paranoid Style - "Are You Loathsome Tonight?"

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As she describes herself on her website , Elizabeth Nelson is a journalist, copywriter and songwriter. She's the frontwoman for the Para...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,' 'Rebel Ridge' and My Fall Film Festival Report

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We're back! It's been several weeks, but on this week's episode, we reunite to discuss Tim Burton's smash sequel and Jeremy ...
Sunday, September 15, 2024

Venice/Telluride/Toronto 2024: The Wrap-Up and the Rankings

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"How long were you out of the country?" When I went through customs in Toronto on the way back to Los Angeles, I actually had to t...

Toronto 2024: 'The Assessment' Review

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The Assessment is set in a near future where society has gone to hell. How bad is it? Couples have to be "assessed" to determine ...
Friday, September 13, 2024

James Earl Jones' Essential Performances

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In memory of the legendary stage and screen actor, we highlighted nine of his most memorable films. Hope you enjoy .

Robbie Williams - "Rock DJ"

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My most euphoric moment at this year's Toronto Film Festival? This scene in Better Man .
Thursday, September 12, 2024

Toronto 2024: 'Bring Them Down' Review

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The familiar anguish of emotionally stunted young men inflicting their misery on one another is the focus of Bring Them Down , which takes p...

Toronto 2024: 'Sharp Corner' Review

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In Sharp Corner , Ben Foster plays a husband and father who has moved his family into what they think is a great new house. It's the dar...
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Toronto 2024: 'Nutcrackers' Review

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David Gordon Green has spent the last several years making Halloween films (and an Exorcist movie that tanked). But with Nutcrackers , he ...

Toronto 2024: 'William Tell' Review

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Is this moment included in William Tell ? You know it! I reviewed the mediocre drama about the legendary folk hero for Screen International...

Toronto 2024: 'Better Man' Review

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At the Toronto premiere of his biopic Better Man , Robbie Williams came out before the movie and cheekily reminded the audience that, in th...

Toronto 2024: 'The Wild Robot' Review

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  Beautifully animated and touchingly told, The Wild Robot will open later this month. But I saw it early at the Toronto Film Festival. You...

Toronto 2024: 'Eden' Review

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In Eden , Ron Howard explores humanity's dark side in a way he really never has in his career. Based on a true story, this psychological...
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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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