S Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month May 22, 2023 Strictly Ballroom introduces Luhrmann with stunning, messy style Baz Luhrmann's 1992 feature debut boasts stunning dancing, intriguing ideas, and muddled storytelling.
W Categories Columns Movies May 21, 2023 What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in May: Knock at the Cabin, Petite Maman, and More Shyamalan's latest and a couple of Criterions about female bonds at different ages highlight this month's new physical media releases.
L Categories Features News TV May 18, 2023 Listen to an exclusive three-track sampler of the score for “A Small Light” We premiere exclusive tracks from Ariel Marx's intriguing, eclectic score to the Holocaust drama.
T Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month May 14, 2023 Two inimitable performances anchor Romeo + Juliet Baz Luhrmann’s hyper-stylized take on Shakespeare makes some odd choices, but not in the casting of some of its key characters
T Categories Features Reviews May 14, 2023 Talking Makoto Shinkai: She and Her Cat and Voices of a Distant Star The first in a series of conversations about the acclaimed animator and his work, starting with the short films that made his name.
F Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies May 8, 2023 Filmmaker of the Month: Baz Luhrmann Australia's wild blockbuster king claims May as The Spool's Filmmaker of the Month. Join us all you, Children of the Revolution!
“ Categories Anniversaries Features Movies Reviews April 30, 2023 “A Rare Month For Boys”: An Appreciation of Something Wicked This Way Comes The Disney flop from its struggle era remains a compelling curiosity 40 years later.
K Categories Features Movies TV April 26, 2023 Killer Looks: on Hollywood’s curious true crime casting decisions Max’s latest docudrama is just one of many times real-life killers have been given attractive makeovers for TV
W Categories Columns Features Movies TV April 14, 2023 What’s New on DVD/Blu-ray in April: Small Axe, One Fine Morning, House of 1000 Corpses, Cowboy Bebop, and More Reject modernity, embrace physical media.
S Categories Anniversaries Features Movies Reviews March 31, 2023 See You Next Wednesday. Schlock Turns 50! John Landis' first film may embarrass him, but it retains an undeniable charm.
