Card Counter: Poker Face
This weekend is the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, so it’s fitting that The Card Counter comes out as one of...
Small Engine Repair: Quick Fix
They’re selling Small Engine Repair as the new movie about toxic masculinity. It is that, but I think that’s the wrong way to approach...
Shang-Chi: Power of Ten
Here’s the extraordinary thing about Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: The Chinese have been trying to make this movie for the...
Candyman: Sweet Inspiration
The original Candyman isn’t a good movie, but you can easily see why it struck a chord back in 1992. Before horror films made...
Cryptozoo: Fantastic Beasts
We know about outsider art, but is there such a thing as outsider animation? If there is, then Cryptozoo certainly belongs to that category....
Raging Fire: Yen for Justice
The Hong Kong filmmaker Benny Chan was working on Raging Fire in 2019 when he was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer. He died from the...
Free Guy: Not PC
I started playing SimCity in the early days of the lockdown. I did it out of sheer, soul-crushing boredom and quickly became addicted to the...
The Suicide Squad: You Kill Me
Let’s all just pretend that the original Suicide Squad movie never happened, okay? I’m so ready to do that, especially now that I’ve seen...
Annette: La La La Means I Love You
Leos Carax! You have no idea how long I’ve been waiting to write about this French filmmaker whose view of life and movies is...
Green Knight: Headless Horseman
I’ve previously aired my issues with British color-blind casting, but it’s doing one good thing: It’s turning Dev Patel into an unstoppable force. The...
