T Categories Anniversaries December 18, 2022 Toys at 30: “We’re going to fight fire with marshmallows!” Barry Levinson's notorious passion project is a feast for the eyes that never quite figures out its tone.
2 Categories Features Movies March 29, 2022 2002: the year Robin Williams scared the bejesus out of everyone The beloved comedian already proved he could do serious, but in this trio of very different movies he also did creepy.
T Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies April 26, 2021 The meant-to-be heartwarming “Jack” is a grotesque misfire Perhaps the lowest point in Coppola's filmography doesn't get any better upon rewatch decades later.
P Categories Columns Movies P.S.H. I Love You February 8, 2021 P.S.H. I Love You: “Patch Adams” is dead on arrival Robin Williams smarms his way through his misguided, treacly 1998 medical dramedy.
& Categories Anniversaries Features Movies December 7, 2020 “I’m axking you for an apologeky”: “Popeye” at 40 Robert Altman's adaptation of the seminal comic strip remains a prime example of how to bring a cartoon to life in earnest.
& Categories Movies Reviews September 2, 2020 “Robin’s Wish” reclaims the legacy of the late, great Robin Williams Robin Williams receives a heartfelt ode, wrapped in a PSA about the disease that led to his unique struggles.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies June 22, 2020 “Good Will Hunting” was Gus Van Sant’s big swing for the normies Gus Van Sant's Oscar-winning character drama is a safe, middlebrow nuts-and-bolts picture as formative as it is uncreative for the filmmaker.
& Categories Features Movies June 18, 2019 “Dead Poets Society” and the Freeing, Frightening Passion of Youth On the film's thirtieth anniversary, we look back at Peter Weir's intricate drama and the inherent tragedy of seizing the day.
