TV Doctor Who: “Spyfall Part 2” Rights the Ship In a Big Way A spotty first half turns into a thrilling, crackerjack conclusion, and a startling set up for the new season.
TV Review: Netflix’s “Dracula” is a Bloody Mess “Sherlock’s” Mark Gatiss & Steven Moffat team up for an adaptation of the horror classic that starts out strong & falls down hard.
TV The War of the Roses Comes to an End in “Schitt’s Creek” Season 6 The acclaimed Canadian sitcom goes out with a bang in an uproarious, heartfelt final season.
Get Ready to Trudge Through “The Grudge” (2020) Nicolas Pesce's 2020 extension of the Japanese horror franchise is maybe its most leaden, unscary entry yet.
TV “Anne With An E” Season 3 Closes the Door on Avonlea The charming Canadian adaptation of L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables comes to a lovely if untimely end.
Invisible Life Review: A Truthful, Timeless Tragedy Karim Aïnouz's latest is an ambitious adaptation of two women separated by the patriarchy and the loneliness of family.
TV “Party of Five” Gets a Spirited, Latinx-Centered Reboot The tear-jerking '90s family drama gets a diverse, modern update, with a Latinx family struggling with deportation, DACA, and more.
TV Doctor Who Season 12 Premiere Recap: “Spyfall” Is a Masterful Caper The long-running BBC series returns for a rushed, flashy season premiere with an audacious twist that might just turn the show around.
TV “Messiah” Gets Lost in Narrative Purgatory Netflix explores the geopolitical implications of the arrival of a Christ-like savior on the world stage, to less than divine results.
Filmmaker of the Month “Spectre” Loses Itself in the Ghosts of Franchise Past While Skyfall was a rousing success, Mendes' return to the Bond franchise, bogs itself down in tiresome lore and continuity.
Features Every Episode of “The Mandalorian”, Ranked From the first time we meet Baby Yoda to the final trek of the Razor Crest, we look back at the highs and lows of The Mandalorian's first season.
Filmmaker of the Month The Secrets Of Great Ladies: Mendes and the Theatricality of “Skyfall” Sam Mendes powers his leading ladies to metatextual heights in his first Bond outing.
Features “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.
Podcasts Behind the Songs of “John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch” "Sesame Street" and "Co-op" songwriter Eli Bolin explains how he crafted the catchy, kid-friendly tunes for "John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch".
Features “Revolutionary Road” and the Lost Art of Knowing What Isn’t Special Sam Mendes's tale of forlorn love works best as a study of the pitfalls that litter the American Dream.
Hall of Faces 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.
TV His Dark Materials Season Finale: “Betrayal” Shots are fired & Lyra suffers an unimaginable loss in a sober end to a solid debut season.
Columns Criterion Corner: “The Story of Temple Drake”, “Until the End of the World” The scandalous pre-Code melodrama The Story of Temple Drake and Wim Wenders' sci-fi road movie Until the End of the World get the Criterion treatment.
Features The Christmas Spirit of the 1994 “Little Women” Gillian Armstrong's 1994 adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott novel is a perfect balm for the holidays.
The Two Popes Review: The God Couple Fernando Meirelles explores the complexities of a church in transition in a vibrant, funny film with two divine lead performances.
CIFF 2019 Tom Harper on the High-Flying Dangers of “The Aeronauts” The director of Wild Rose and The Aeronauts sits down to talk about his high-flying historical adventure, now available on Amazon Prime Video.