“In a movie with two young girls who find a mermaid and befriend her, the mermaid eats ice cream in a bathtub. What is the brand and variety of ice cream that she eats?” Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day — Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food
“What is the title of the film that was promoted with the ad line ‘The man and the motion picture that simply do not conform’?” Continue reading Trivia Answer of the Day — Cool Hand Luke
Reviews of films directed by John Ford, Blitz Bazawule, and the team of Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok, Continue reading Then Playing — Judy Blume Forever; The Informer; The Color Purple
Nightfall (Jacques Tourneur, 1956). Peered at through the binoculars of modern retrospection, it’s nearly impossible to look at this nineteen-fifties film noir and not see Fargo in one of the lenses. The Coen brothers classic shared a lot of DNA … Continue reading Then Playing — Nightfall; Rock ‘n’ Roll High School; The Long Good Friday
Reviews of the comedy that ended Elaine May’s directing career, a weak drama with a fine Emma Thompson performance, and a documentary about Linda Ronstadt. Continue reading Then Playing — Ishtar; The Children Act; Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Reviews of films directed by Emerald Fennell, Elaine May, and Jack Smight. Continue reading Then Playing — Saltburn; A New Leaf; Kaleidoscope
Featuring: Brooke Barnes on a modern movie mogul and Frankie de la Cretaz on rise of women’s sports bars. Continue reading Outside Reading — Universal Truths edition
Whatever quibbles I might have, last night brought the best Oscars ceremony in years. Continue reading Oscarheimer
This week featuring: Joshua Hunt on Criterion, Lulu Garcia-Navarro interviewing Isabella Rossellini, and Ethan Shanfeld on a middle-of-the-night showing of “Dune: Part Two.” Continue reading Outside Reading — The Collection edition
A longstanding Oscar Week tradition continues: Here’s the way I would have filled out an Actors Branch nomination ballot. Continue reading Twenty Performances, or The King (and Queen) of Payne
Coffee for Two 