R Categories Anniversaries Features Movies June 25, 2020 Revisiting the himbo fantasia of “Magic Mike XXL” Five years on, the sequel to the seminal dude-dancing movie remains a feminist celebration of desire.
& Categories Features Movies May 15, 2020 “Mad Max: Fury Road”’s language is as impeccable as its action George Miller's post-apocalyptic series is just as much about learning to communicate as it is learning to survive in the desert wastes.
& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies April 19, 2020 “Avengers: Age of Ultron” Blurs the Line Between “Good” and “Good Enough” With production issues and a shift in the franchise's creative team, Joss Whedon's final MCU entry has just enough to work.
T Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies February 29, 2020 The Neoliberal Time Capsule of “Ricki and the Flash” Jonathan Demme's final film is a flawed, fascinating time capsule into Obama-era politics.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 30, 2019 “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.
& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies July 30, 2019 “The Hateful Eight” Gets One Thing Exactly Right The otherwise-spotty Hateful Eight still contains one of Tarantino's greatest sequences.
& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies June 29, 2019 “Jupiter Ascending” Is the Wachowskis’ Big, Silly Cinematic Swan Song The Wachowskis' last theatrical film to date -- a space opera with Channing Tatum as a roller-skating wolf man -- is one of their most ambitiously corny efforts yet.
1 Categories Features Movies October 31, 2018 10 Movie Witches to Hex Your Halloween This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood Halloween season is here, which means it’s the season of the witch. The witch has long been a..
