Filmmaker of the Month The Hip-Hop Bushido Code of “Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai” Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai sees Jim Jarmusch integrating hip-hop atmosphere with samurai genre trappings to create a dorm-room favorite.
“Weathering With You” Is an Animated Ray of Sunshine Makoto Shinkai's followup to Your Name is another charming coming-of-age tale with a supernatural twist.
Features The Untamed Territory of Jim Jarmusch’s “Dead Man” Jim Jarmusch's black and white punk Western is both his most beautiful & most baffling film.
“The Wave” Trips Over Its Own Bad Trip Justin Long gets lost in a navel-gazing psychedelic stoner dramedy filled with sophomoric philosophizing.
TV In Space, No One Can Hear You Ask for a Refund on “Avenue 5” Armando Iannucci's followup to Veep takes on the vagaries of corporate culture in deep space.
“Dolittle” Does Just Enough to Treat the January Blues Despite some strange tonal shifts, this warm family film has sweetness & heart.
Bad Boys for Life Review: Boys to Men The third entry in the irreverent buddy-cop series looks at old versus new without coming to any real conclusion or purpose.
“VHYes” is an Analog Treat in a Digital World Jack Henry Robbins directs a charmingly off-beat feature that combines Millennial absurdist humor with tenderhearted 80s nostalgia.
Filmmaker of the Month Taking a Ride With Jim Jarmusch’s “Night on Earth” Jim Jarmusch's around the world anthology is a flawed but ambitious look at the odd moments that bind us.
Guy Pearce Slums It In “Disturbing the Peace” A limp. microbudget Texas actioner that gives whole new meaning to the term "lone-star state."
Les Misérables Review: France Is Dead, Vive la France Ladj Ly's feature debut mines neorealism to solid effect, but its contrivances prevent it from making a fully-realized social comment.
TV Grace and Frankie Review: Season 6 Gets By on More of the Same The penultimate season of Netflix's long-running sitcom recycles dynamics and arcs, but that doesn't stop it from being a joy to watch.
TV Doctor Who: “Orphan 55” Brings Out the Dregs of the Show The latest episode tries to be a corridor-chasing lark and a climate change allegory and fails mightily at both.
TV “The Outsider” Recap: “Fish in a Barrel” & “Roanoke” HBO’s adaptation of Stephen King’s supernatural murder mystery is off to an eerie, understated start.
Filmmaker of the Month Since His Debut, Jim Jarmusch Has Been on “Permanent Vacation” We look back at Jim Jarmusch's film debut and the way its sense of experimentation ripples through the rest of his career.
TV “Medical Police” is “Childrens Hospital”, Bigger, Longer, and Fully Cocked The Childrens' Hospital spinoff takes on the spy-action genre with double the length and about as many laughs.
Features “Stranger Than Paradise” & the Rebirth of Cool A look at how a sparsely plotted, low budget comedy changed the face of indie arthouse cinema.
TV “AJ and the Queen” is a Fun, Frothy Road Trip RuPaul and the creator of "Sex and the City" team up for Netflix's lighthearted sitcom about a drag queen & a runaway kid.
TV “Little America” Turns an Honest Eye to the Immigrant Experience Apple TV+'s anthology series offers a complicated, relatable snapshot of the American melting pot.
TV “Sex Education” Turns Us On for a Second Season Netflix's droll, witty, refreshingly honest tale of teen sexcapades returns for a second round of sensual salons.
TV “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” Turns Our Inner Thoughts Into Karaoke NBC's newest musical sitcom uses bundles of energy to wallpaper over the cracks in its premise.