I haven’t written a lot about comic book movies this year, because, although there have been a fair number of…
Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Dec 16)
Netflix’s The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is probably only for Coen Brother completionists. The formal structure organizing these short stories…
Mortal Engines (Dec 14)
Mortal Engines resists clichés and forges ahead with some welcome changes to the YA fantasy genre, despite making new mistakes,…
The Favourite (Dec 9)
There’s a beautiful kind of symmetry in finishing the year off with another Rachel Weisz film after having begun this…
Ralph Breaks the Internet (Nov 23)
I did not know that a thing could both be a garbage fire and soggy bag of dogfood in a…
Widows (Nov 21)
Widows is a reminder that new stories and excellent storytelling are waiting in the periphery of the male gaze, that…
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Nov 19)
The Fantastic Beasts series may be the best example since Annie Hall of a film with the biggest disconnect between…
Overlord (Nov 11)
Overlord is not interested in soaring monologues or patronizing speeches. There’s no peremptory reminders of particular the evils of the…
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (Nov 10)
I was under the impression that The Nutcracker and the Four Realms would be The Nutcracker without dancing, but there’s…
Can You Ever Forgive Me (Nov 6)
It is rare to see a movie that so perfectly accomplishes what it sets out to do. McCarthy had spoken…
