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The glorious, grimy evil of Killer Joe

By: Kayleigh Donaldson

Friedkin at his most unsparing and cruel delivers a powerful late-career film that might be too much for some to stomach.

Sing 2 sings a mechanically familiar harmony

The sequel to Sing is as perfunctory and over-stuffed as its predecessor.

“A Time to Kill” is a misguided page-turner of a movie

Joel Schumacher's second John Grisham adaptation is a myopic look at race and the criminal justice system in the American South.

Unraveling pop-culture one thread at a time

The Spool is an irreverent, informative source for film and television coverage, focused on diverse, thoughtful opinions that seek out a greater understanding of the media we love.

“The Sea of Trees” saw talented artists set adrift

Matthew McConaughey wasted a performance in Gus Van Sant's most disappointing film, a self-important look at white male redemption.

Filmmaker of the Month

Greed Is Good (And God) in “The Wolf of Wall Street”

Martin Scorsese turned his camera to the grotesque excesses of the ultra-rich in The Wolf of Wall Street.

Filmmaker of the Month

“The Dark Tower”: There Are Better Films Than These

Childe Roland to The Dark Tower came, and unfortunately, he brought all of us along with him.

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.

Serenity and the Strangeness of Post-Oscar Acting Careers

In the wake of Serenity's balls-out weirdness, we look at how it fits into the oeuvre of "oddball post-Oscar films" for McConaughey and Hathaway.

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