S Categories Reviews TV October 20, 2021 Sex, Love, and goop struggles to find its tone Caught between reality TV titillation and earnest exploration of sex and relationships, Sex, Love, and goop's unlikely to convert skeptics.
P Categories Features P.S.H. I Love You June 29, 2021 P.S.H. I Love You: Hard Eight – it’s always good to meet a new friend The 1996 crime drama marked the beginning of a beautiful partnership.
D Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 12, 2020 Descending into the “Se7en”th circle of hell David Fincher's 1995 serial killer thriller elevates the police procedural into a grimy fable about mankind's fall from grace.
& Categories Columns Movies P.S.H. I Love You July 6, 2020 “The Talented Mr. Ripley” benefits from Hoffman’s skill It's good, but Anthony Minghella's 1999 adaptation really comes alive when Philip Seymour Hoffman's scumbag enters the picture.
T Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies April 14, 2020 The Enemy is Too Close to Home in “Iron Man 3” A surprisingly insightful, sensitive entry in the MCU explores Tony Stark's battle with guilt & PTSD.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies April 9, 2020 “Iron Man 2” Offers Marvel’s First Stumble Out of the Gate Jon Favreau's 2010 followup to the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe also shows the weaknesses of worldbuilding over structure.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies April 6, 2020 “Iron Man” built a hero – and a blueprint for a franchise Jon Favreau's acerbic superhero adventure set the template for the Marvel Cinematic Universe -- and rehabilitated Robert Downey Jr. into a movie star once again.
T Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month November 22, 2019 The Royal Tenenbaums: Me and Wes Down by the School Yard How Wes Anderson’s bittersweet family dramedy helped me break rules, love cinema, & change my life. Every month, we at The Spool select a filmmaker..
T Categories TV September 23, 2019 The Politician Review: Ryan Murphy Works Overtime For Your Vote Ryan Murphy's first show for Netflix throws everything at the wall, and not all of it sticks.
