On this week’s Succession, Logan and Kendall enter the lion’s den
Adrien Brody guests as a concerned investor, as the Roy family civil war reaches the shores of the money men.
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97th Academy Awards Predictions: Who will Oscar, Who Should
The Spool weighs in on film’s biggest night, the 97th Academy Awards!
Rules of Engagement finds Friedkin in transition
The military courtroom drama has its moments, but is more notable for where it sent the director next.
Winning Time Season 2 doesn’t trust its team on the court
MAX’s fictionalized look at basketball history gains some depth, but the filmcraft continues to distract and overwhelm the content.
In Asteroid City, Wes Anderson reflects on his own actors and style
Anderson’s latest is maybe his most reflective and curious film yet, a reflection of the ways he keeps old Hollywood forms of storytelling and acting alive.
For Succession, it isn’t a “Tailgate Party” without explosions
As the election looms, the Roys and their circle try to celebrate. Naturally, it does not go as planned.
Shyamalan struggles on the path to The Village
M. Night Shyamalan’s first big stumble has disappointing twists, but that was never its true problem.
Blonde is haunting, repellent & heartbreaking all at once
Though Andrew Dominik’s sort-of-biopic is harsh & harrowing, you won’t forget Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe, doomed from the very start.
See How They Run wastes a great ensemble with a humdrum murder mystery
While impressive to look at, this stodgy attempt at an Agatha Christie whodunnit belongs in a dusty old attic.
The Top 25 Films of 2021
From Annette to Zola, we break down the best movies of the year.
A pivotal moment for the Roys descends into absurdity on this week’s Succession
Succession shifts into farce for the fifth episode of its third season, right at a pivotal moment for the splintered Roy clan.
Wes Anderson offers up another deceptively poignant dollhouse in The French Dispatch
The director’s latest volume of manicured whimsy will turn off Anderson skeptics, but it’s also one of his most vibrant, quotidian efforts to date.
“Fame” dared to tell the truth about making it in show business
Alan Parker’s gritty, all too realistic musical drama turns 40 & still asks a difficult question: is talent enough?
The Bronx is Burning: On Giving “Summer of Sam” a Chance
Neither audiences or critics knew what to make of Spike Lee’s 70s period piece that made up for in mood and style what it lacked in focus.
With “Batman Returns”, Tim Burton Unleashed A Dark Superhero Circus
Tim Burton’s superhero sequel saw the endlessly strange auteur run away with big studio money to make the most relentlessly weird comic book film ever.