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The first time I walked into the new Broadway Metro expansion a few months back, I couldn’t believe my eyes. It felt as though I’d … Continue reading
At first I didn’t understand the people on Twitter who were marveling about watching TV. They said it was weird, watching all these people touching. … Continue reading
My vote for greatest American rock band of all time tends to hop back and forth. Most of the time, I cast the ballot for … Continue reading
Odd, offhanded things people say can stick in your head forever, and there’s no real accounting for why. Years ago, while we were both working … Continue reading
You might think you know Phoebe Waller-Bridge. You might, like me, even think you love her a bit, a consequence of being seduced, and then … Continue reading
With a résumé like Old School, Talladega Nights, Step Brothers and Anchor Man, Will Ferrell owned comedy during the 2000s. And Julia Louis-Dreyfus is hot … Continue reading
Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), last seen in Suicide Squad, is having a rotten day. She and the Joker split up, which makes it open season … Continue reading
Boots Riley’s debut movie is an outrageous and glorious mess. Its sympathies are intrinsically Marxist, but the aesthetics of Sorry to Bother You are a … Continue reading
The following anecdote may or may not be totally accurate — I suspect it is, the source is reliable — but it doesn’t matter because … Continue reading
Every time I watch a movie by the great American director Terrence Malick, I come to the same conclusion: There is every other filmmaker, and … Continue reading
Had Steven Spielberg simply cut the first and last 15 minutes from Saving Private Ryan — all that sentimentalized, emotion-yanking sacrificial nationalistic hoopla — he … Continue reading
There always has been and there ever will be a tremendous fascination in watching a human being self-destruct. Call it morbid curiosity, moral pathos or … Continue reading
One of the most divisive events in recent Oregon history is the occupation of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and the following standoff between protesters … Continue reading
Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women begins and ends with Jo March (Saoirse Ronan) in her editor’s office, trying to convince him to buy her … Continue reading