Stop Staring into Your Square and Stare into The Square
An emoji is not an emotion, even if we’re talking about a smiling pile of poop.
Tom Waits’s Big Time Is Beautiful, And I’m Sorry You Can’t Watch It
Tom Waits made a bizarre, unique concert film people didn’t understand when it opened? And it’s actually wonderful? How very surprising.
Flying Cars, Replicants, And So On
This is a flying car that just took a high-caliber round through the engine block.
Blade Runner 2049: Something Pretty You Can Nap To
If it’s a pre-apocalyptic future wasteland you want to luxuriate in, Blade Runner 2049 is the movie for you.
Lucky In Life, Lucky In Death
Harry Dean Stanton is Lucky.
The Bad Batch Might Eat Your Leg
Imagine if you took Mad Max and mixed it with mumblecore and maybe a dash of Hal Hartley. Just, you know, with cannibals and psychedelics and fear of the other.
People Are Dopes, And mother! Is Insane
Whatever else you might think of mother!, you have certainly never seen this movie before.
Harry Dean Stanton: The Life of A Repo Man
In which I remember Harry Dean Stanton (not that I ever forgot him).
It Is Okay
Evil clown fetishists, rejoice! The rest of you, move along.
Remakes Are for White Supremacists
You know what film I knew was going to be terrible within the first three minutes?
Logan Lucky: Soderbergh’s Best Coen Brothers’ Comedy
Logan Lucky frames itself as a paean to the people of the Mid-Atlantic and their underrated pluck. ‘Take me home, country roads,’ it croons, but I was not tempted.
On Nazis, Starship Troopers, and Taxi Driver
In which movies of the past feel strangely suited to our absurd present.
The Karate Kid is Kind of Great
In which we revisit the ’80s classic and find it terribly charming.
The Good & Bad News About Atomic Blonde
Atomic Blonde lands a welter of punches and leaves you reeling — which is great, because once you stop spinning you’re sure to say, “hang on a minute…”