I Categories Movies February 17, 2020 In “The Call of the Wild”, You’ll Bite Off More Than Yukon Chew Disney continues to shuffle off Fox's remaining output with this limp, awkward adaptation of the Jack London novel.
& Categories TV January 3, 2020 “Anne With An E” Season 3 Closes the Door on Avonlea The charming Canadian adaptation of L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables comes to a lovely if untimely end.
N Categories Podcasts Right on Cue December 13, 2019 Naren Shankar on Bringing “The Expanse” Season 4 to Amazon The showrunner of Amazon's sci-fi space opera The Expanse talks about bringing the show from Syfy to its new home, and what's in store for season 4.
T Categories TV December 4, 2019 The Expanse Season 4 Review: Here Comes the Juice The cult-hit space opera heads to Amazon for a bigger budget, wider scope, and renewed sense of purpose.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies October 30, 2019 “Shutter Island” Struggles Between Monsters and Good Men Martin Scorsese followed up The Departed with Shutter Island, a claustrophobic psychological thriller about the madness of loss.
L Categories TV October 18, 2019 Looking for Alaska Review: A Middling Mid-Aughts Teen Romance Hulu's adaptation of the John Green novel explores the messy, furtive road of teenage love, warts and all.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies September 23, 2019 “Dreamcatcher” Is the Ideal Stephen King Movie, Ass Aliens and All For better or for worse, Lawrence Kasdan's adaptation of Dreamcatcher captures the strange, ambitious essence of a Stephen King novel.
T Categories Movies August 17, 2019 The Art of Racing in the Rain Review: The Ultimate Lap Dog Kevin Costner growls out philosophical homilies in this treacly melodrama about a dog teaching his master how to love.
W Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies August 14, 2019 Where’d You Go, Bernadette Review: A whimsical mid-life crisis Richard Linklater's latest removes the mystery from the Marie Semple novel, but ends up a flawed but welcome reflection on aging and creativity.
C Categories Columns Criterion Corner Movies July 19, 2019 Criterion Corner: “Do the Right Thing”, “1984”, “Klute”, “The BRD Trilogy” Race, control, and patriarchy reign in July's offerings from Criterion.