Reviews Season 2 of “The Circle” plays a more cutthroat game By: Ashley Lara The sophomore season of Netflix's reality/game show adds more intrigue & double dealing to the mix.
Features P.S.H. I Love You: Hoffman elevates “Catching Fire” In a rare big budget franchise appearance, Philip Seymour Hoffman gives some gravitas and nuance to the "Hunger Games" series.
Reviews Don’t believe in “Cher and the Loneliest Elephant” By: B.L. Panther While undoubtedly well-meaning, the feel-good documentary about the singer's efforts to "save" an elephant ignore an ugly truth.
Reviews “Mare of Easttown” finds the same old clues By: B.L. Panther Despite a complex, engaging performance from Kate Winslet, the HBO Max limited series about yet another murder in yet another small town doesn't try anything new.
Podcasts Henry Jackman on the musical canvas of “Falcon and the Winter Soldier” The composer returns to talk about returning to the Marvel Universe and expanding on his themes for the latest Disney+ series.
Reviews “Spy City” is more of the usual cloak & dagger antics By: Megan Sunday The AMC+ drama brings class & style, but nothing else new or interesting in the genre.
Anniversaries At 5, “Green Room” remains indelibly vicious and humane Jeremy Saulnier's brutal thriller feels even more urgent and frightening now than it did upon release.
Reviews This is one “Monday” you don’t have to dread By: Tim Stevens Denise Gough and Sebastian Stan bring chemistry to a frustrating relationship that should not be
Anniversaries “Sick is the new sane”: “Scream 4” at 10 From meta commentary to social commentary, Wes Craven's final film is a bundle of cinephilic sarcasm that was ahead of its time.
Features “Rumble Fish” is Coppola’s bleak, beautiful ode to hero worship One of Francis Ford Coppola's most underrated films is a moving look at the legacy of violence & what it means to be a "leader."
Features “MST3k: The Movie” and “Kids in the Hall” Brain Candy” turn 25 Two cult TV comedies made furtive attempts at the big screen in 1996, and the results were as unappreciated then as they are now.
Reviews “Our Towns” is an optimistic portrait of small-town America By: Theo Estes HBO’s latest documentary follows journalists around the country examining how small towns are adapting to a changing world.
Reviews Disney+’s limp “Big Shot” bounces off the backboard By: Lisa Laman The Disney+ original has tired jokes and an even more forgettable performance from John Stamos.
Reviews “Younger” wraps up the series in style with season 7 By: Marshall Estes The final season of Darren Star's series overcomes cast departures and some shoddy subplots to still end on an appealing high note.
Anniversaries 20 years later, “Josie & the Pussycats” still slaps The clever satire of pop culture consumerism is still as fresh and relevant as ever.
Features 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.
Filmmaker of the Month Inside the ambitious failure of Coppola’s “One from the Heart” How Francis Ford Coppola's visually stunning romance set out to change studio filmmaking forever -- and crashed and burned along the way.
Reviews “The Nevers” is a creaky ode to Joss Whedon’s pet concerns By: Clint Worthington HBO's steampunk fantasy series has more kickass/traumatized women, X-Men superpowers, and inane banter than you can shake a Reaver at.
Anniversaries “A dream to some, a nightmare to others”: “Excalibur” at 40 John Boorman's extravagant take on the King Arthur legend holds up as a dazzling, over the top fantasy epic.
Filmmaker of the Month In “Apocalypse Now,” Coppola’s souls turn away in the fog of war Francis Ford Coppola's ambitious war epic Apocalypse Now depicts a bloody, dark night of the soul for the American mythos.
Reviews “Slalom” fittingly zigzags through an ice-cold sports drama By: Jon Negroni Charlène Favier‘s debut feature is every bit as fearless as its female protagonist trains to be.