Movie Music, Film Festivals, and a Pretend Punxsutawney
Podcasts You’ll Love returns!
This month, critics Jim Tudor and Krystal Lyon join me with two of the...
Hollywood, Politics, and World War II: Inseparable From the Start
DIRECTOR: LAURENT BOUZEREAU/2017
Say what you will about Hollywood’s influence in poli...
Heavy Themes With Moments Of Merciful Lightness
When it comes to the annual Academy Awards telecast, there are always two big questions: “Who’s hosting?”, and...
Black Tie, Pink Noise
45 Years develops slowly as a sullen and cynical portrait of long-term relationships. Such relationships are are not merely things to wo...
A Brilliantly Rendered Batch
Who doesn’t love a good animated short film? This is the filmic art form where imagination can truly cut loose, and an individua...
A Dazzling Display Of Doomed Romance
DIRECTOR: TODD HAYNES/2016
Todd Haynes’ newest film is remarkable by the way it is both a lush period piece along with ...
Does This Movie Do Justice to the Greatest Injustice in American History?
DIRECTED BY STEVE MCQUEEN/2013
Slavery was bad.
No, seriously. Slavery was very...
