A Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month May 16, 2022 Armageddon sees Michael Bay at his most Michael Bay, just before big changes Bay's style reaches an apex in his humanity v. asteroid flick, which changed his reception forever.
D Categories Movies Reviews March 16, 2022 Deep Water is a murky and cold disappointment Adrian Lyne makes his directorial comeback in this weird, barely erotic thriller about a wealthy couple whose sex games have possibly become too elaborate
D Categories Podcasts Right on Cue February 14, 2022 Dara Taylor on drifting through time and music for The Tender Bar The composer discusses her big solo break for George Clooney's awards-season drama.
D Categories Movies Reviews January 3, 2022 Don’t pay a visit to The Tender Bar George Clooney’s newest lacks personality or wisdom and strands its talented cast with a hazy script.
B Categories Anniversaries Features Movies May 27, 2021 Between Bayhem and banality: “Pearl Harbor” at 20 With his 2001 epic, Michael Bay solidified himself as an all-American auteur, as well as the bombastic concept of Bayhem.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 27, 2020 “Gone Girl” is the David Fincher rom-com we never knew we had David Fincher's meticulous anti-murder-mystery is a curious marriage of thriller and romantic comedy.
& 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.
B Categories Movies March 6, 2020 Ben Affleck Finds His Way Back to “The Way Back” The much-memed movie star finds his footing again in a familiar but satisfying redemption story.
H Categories Movies February 13, 2020 Here She Comes, Watch Your Step: 10 Pop Culture Femme Fatales A look at some of our favorite movie & TV characters who used body & brains to get what they want -- even if it killed someone.
T Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies August 10, 2019 The Double Nostalgia of Richard Linklater’s “Dazed and Confused” Richard Linklater's 1993 coming-of-age classic is a battle of dueling, complicated nostalgias around '60s youth culture.
