Lou brings forth an underwhelming soul
Mostly stagnant direction trips up an otherwise decent woman of war, played with intensity by Allison Janney.
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Nima Fakhrara on the clattering fury of Netflix’s Lou
The composer of the Netflix thriller talks about building texture into Allison Janney’s dark night of the soul.
Palm Royale is no day at the beach
An undeniably impressive cast can’t overcome the empty spectacle at the heart of Palm Royale, AppleTV+’s period dramedy.
The 45 most anticipated TV shows of 2024
New Boys? New Star Trek/Wars? A Succession successor? Color us interested.
A review of the 2022 Chicago Critics Film Festival
From indie melodramas to animated tales of displaced shells, this year’s critics-curated festival offers up a Midwestern answer to the big boys.
SXSW 2022: To Leslie is familiar, but its eye is unflinching and its compassion deep
Andrea Riseborough and Marc Maron shine in a study of a one-time lottery winner years after her life has gone bust.
P.S.H. I Love You: Skip his small role in “Strangers With Candy”
Only diehard Hoffman completists need to see his appearance in the movie spinoff of the poorly aged Comedy Central cult sitcom.
Sorkin’s Game: How “The Social Network” surprisingly succeeds in its take on women
David Fincher’s Facebook drama remains a bright spot in Aaron Sorkin’s filmography in how it skewers male entitlement.
“Bad Education” Is a Slight Sophomore Slump for Cory Finley
The Thoroughbreds director struggles to mix his sardonicism into a script about the biggest financial scandal in public school history.NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch In a dark administrative office lit with cathode monitors and fluorescence, Superintendent Frank Tassone (Hugh Jackman) prepares to chum it up with a bunch of colleagues. The administrator, Pam Gluckin (Allison … “Bad Education” Is a Slight Sophomore Slump for Cory Finley
Troop Zero Review: Lite-le Miss Sunshine
Amazon Prime’s girl scout comedy wastes its cast and period setting to make for an involving, generically cute indie.
“Away We Go”: An Inter-State Indie-Statement
Despite getting off on the wrong foot, Sam Mendes’s oft-forgotten dramedy remains a salient look at 2000s anxieties as often seen onscreen.
Hall of Faces: Which is the Best Doctor Who Christmas Special?
We cross-over with the Debating Doctor Who podcast to figure out which Christmas Special (and their stars) deserves a spot on the Hall of Faces.
“American Beauty” as the Ultimate Boomer Opus
Sam Mendes’ Best Picture winner is a flawed but evocative time capsule of ’90s middle-age anxiety.
Hall of Faces: Who’s the Greatest Character on “The West Wing”?
From Jed Bartlet to CJ Cregg to Losh Lyman, we elect one of Aaron Sorkin’s quick-witted White House wonks from The West Wing to our Hall of Faces.
The Addams Family Review: A Real Case of the Wednesdays
This animated reboot of TV’s spookiest family plays its kid-friendly scares a bit too safe.
Ma Review: Octavia Spencer Turns From Mama to Murder
Octavia Spencer reunites with the director of The Help, and this time she’s serving worse things than a “chocolate pie”.