The Best Supporting Performances of 2021
Back to normal service, everyone. My annual list of the best achievements in film was delayed last year, but now it’s back in December...
The Top 10
This past year, I spent more time in multiplexes than anyone who doesn’t work for a movie theater, and I didn’t get sick. Vaccinations...
Red Rocket: Magic Mikey
In the movement to destigmatize sex work, Sean Baker is leading the charge. All four of his feature films have been about sex workers,...
Licorice Pizza: Growing Up Is Hard to Do
I need to stake out a position here on Licorice Pizza, since it’s becoming an awards contender. After the death grip that Paul Thomas...
Matrix: Techno Is Dead
“Nothing comforts anxiety like fake nostalgia,” says one of the characters in The Matrix Resurrections. Yeah, they said that to me as I watched...
Spider Verses
Will you look at that? I got a kicking for not liking the Ghostbusters sequel, and now comes Spider-Man: No Way Home, a movie...
Nightmare Alley: Freaks and Geeks
The 1947 film of Nightmare Alley begins easily enough, with the main character working in a traveling carnival. Guillermo del Toro’s remake begins with...
Being the Ricardos: Lucy Goosey
When I was a kid, I watched reruns of I Love Lucy religiously on afternoon TV. I learned how comedy bits and scenes work...
West Side Story: Mambo!
I’m not a fan of the 1961 film of West Side Story. Sure, the dancing was fantastic, but the lead performances by Richard Beymer...
Wolf: The Howling
I live in a state that tells transgender kids to kill themselves. Think I’m exaggerating? Texas just discontinued its suicide hotline for LGBT teens....
