movies

Jan
31
Elisabeth Sparkle, played by Demi Moore, stares into a snow globe with a ballerina dancer in it.

Nobody has seen the movies

6 min read
Jan
27
Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) stands in a dark room at night. The shadow of a long-fingered hand, claws for nails, creeps up her fa

Episodes Monday Rundown: January 21-26 2025

5 min read
Jan
24
A fish patterned on Martin Scorsese from the CGI animated film Shark Tank. He has big bushy eyebrows and is yellow for some r

January mailbag

9 min read
Jan
21
A group of women sit in a movie theater, spellbound by what's on screen. We see the projector's light in the background.

Episodes Tuesday Rundown Jan. 13-20 2025

6 min read
Jan
17
Adrien Brody stares down at something. He has a cigarette in his mouth. Sparks from a welder fly in front of him.

In "defense" of the second half of The Brutalist

12 min read
Jan
13
The covers for One Dark Window and Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig both feature a woman in a red cloak.

Episodes Monday Rundown Jan. 6-12 2025

8 min read
Jan
08
In this still from the Lion King remake, various animals make their way to Pride Rock in the early morning.

Notes from Pride Rock

An esteemed British naturalist observes a series of events most curious.
8 min read
Jan
06
The two protagonists of Nickel Boys look up at their reflection, smiling as they look at themselves.

Episodes Monday Rundown: Jan. 1 - 5 2025

Speed Racer, Nickel Boys, and two of 2024's most acclaimed novels.
8 min read
Jan
03
Bob Dylan plays something on an acoustic guitar as Pete Seeger listens on the sideline.

A Complete Unknown complicates the biopic antagonist

7 min read
Dec
27
Roz the robot and her many woodland creature friends stand in the ashes of a forest fire.

The Wild Robot and Flow present oddly hopeful post-apocalypses

6 min read