Film Review

How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023)

Daniel Goldhaber's film about desperate measures for desperate times is one of the year's most critically acclaimed films, and it's now available for rental on AppleTV+ and other streaming platforms.

Sing-Fung Ka

Lost Love: or, How I Took a Risk on a Film About a Couple Taking Risks

Justin K. Thompson

First impressions (spoiler free) of the Spider-Verse sequel

Animation

An unforgettable evening for fans of Watership Down

Kelly Reichardt

First impressions of the film Showing Up

Kelly Reichardt's latest plays on a wavelength that will make true artists — artists for whom art-making is life, and who find the world a hostile environment — "feel seen."

New Music

New music to warm your late spring and heat up (or cool down) your summer

Film Review

Second star to the right and straight on 'til... mourning?

First impressions of the straight-to-Disney-Plus "Peter Pan and Wendy"

Film Review

Return to Seoul (2023)

If we don't know the context we came from, or the biology from which we were born, we might face particular challenges in figuring out who we are. That's the idea that drives Freddie on an erratic journey of self-discovery and reinvention in this riveting film.

Film Review

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2023)

This Oscar-nominated documentary exposes corporate cruelty from a voice of experience and a heart of compassion.

Film Review

An open letter to Kelly Fremon Craig about her outstanding new all-ages crowd-pleaser

First Impressions of "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret."

Women Talking

Talking about "Women Talking"

Rye Lane

First impressions of Rye Lane

This meet-cute rom-com from newcomer Raine Allen Miller just might be the meet-cutest.

A River Runs Through It

Where great rivers converge...

Film Review

Overstreet Archives: Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002)

A flashback to a curious moment at the crossroads of Christianity and the big screen: a VeggieTales movie that actually scored "fresh" on... wait for it... Rotten Tomatoes.

Pawel Łoziński

A guy sets up a camera on his balcony... and magic happens.

Film Review

The Quiet Girl (2023)

No, this isn't about a girl who doesn't speak. Cáit has plenty to say throughout. This is, instead, a movie about the extraordinary power of people who have the patience and generosity to listen — to the soft-spoken, the uncertain, and the insecure.

Daniel Goldhaber

First impressions of How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Is this spring's most suspenseful thriller too relevant to ignore? Or is it too preachy to succeed?

Pinocchio

Three Pinocchios

Film Review

Not a "yes man" for Enys Men — not yet, anyway

More a celebration of an aesthetic than a coherent narrative, Enys Men is absorbing but is it less than the sum of its surreal and meticulously crafted parts?

Davy Chou

First impressions of Return to Seoul

I saw this ten days ago, but the demands of Winter Quarter grading and Spring Quarter planning kept me too busy to write until now.

Newsletter

It's going to be okay. There's a new Bruce Cockburn album.

Newsletter

Down in "the miry clay"

Colm Bairéad

First impressions of The Quiet Girl

Colm Bairéad's enchanting and patiently observant film about a child caught between two families and two ways of living is a rare treasure.

Newsletter

OSCAR REFRESH: On this post, I'll add my reactions, responses, ruminations, reminiscences, and rages throughout the Oscar broadcast.

Adam Driver

65 million... reasons to avoid this movie

Let's look on the bright side: Anything Adam Driver does going forward will probably be better than this.