New Music

The Detectorist: Friday, June 30 — investigating new music (as recovery continues)

Featuring Jon Batiste, Lucinda Williams, Wye Oak, Neko Case, and Meshell Ndegeocello!

Newsletter

Q&O: "My family won't tolerate subtitles. What do I do?"

In this edition of Question and Overstreet, a Give Me Some Light reader asks about how he might inspire his family to watch films and shows with subtitles on.

Steven Spielberg

Indiana Jones and the Fall of My Favorite Hero

Film Reviews

The Balcony Movie (2022)

Pawel Łoziński offers us the privilege of meeting his neighbors in a documentary full of chance encounters and surprises.

Give Me Some Light

Recovery Report — Day Three: Surprise Package!

Newsletter

My notes on Star Wars: Visions — Season 2

Give Me Some Light

Recovery Report 2: If you're not lucky enough to live in a bookstore, discover the joy of one who does.

Give Me Some Light

Recovery Report: My first surgery and Asteroid City!

I'm on drugs! Writing about Wes Anderson!

Film Reviews

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 Reviews

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

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

Film Reviews

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 Reviews

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 Reviews

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 Reviews

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 Reviews

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?