'Press Play With Madeleine Brand': Exorcisms, Sexual Harassment and 'Cat Person'

Alison Willmore and I joined Madeleine to review four new films: The Exorcist: Believer, Cat Person, The Royal Hotel and Dicks: The Musical. A very fun time, and you can hear the whole thing down below. 

Toronto 2023: 'Dicks: The Musical' Review

Designed to offend, the irreverent musical Dicks is very fun, until it runs out of gas. My review is up at Screen International.

'Breakfast All Day': A Long Talk About 'Beau Is Afraid'

My buddies Christy Lemire and Alonso Duralde had me on to discuss Ari Aster's latest. (They both didn't like Beau Is Afraid. I think it's great.) We did a live spoiler chat to debate the movie's highs and lows, with the Breakfast All Day faithful commenting and asking questions along the way. It was very fun. You can hear the results down below.

'Beau Is Afraid' Review

Reviews are very mixed on Ari Aster's latest. Put me on the "pro" side. My review of Beau Is Afraid is here.

How 'Only Murders in the Building' Pulled Off That Silent Episode

This was fun: For the Los Angeles Times, I talked to several of the cast and crew of Only Murders in the Building, finding out how they conceived and executed "The Boy From 6B," which features almost no spoken dialogue. You can read the piece here.