Toni Collette is a force in the newest arthouse-style freakfest.
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'The Rider': The sad ballad of a broken cowboy
This is one of the best films of 2018.
'How to Talk to Girls at Parties': Neil Gaiman adaptation works in misfits and starts
He’s an Earthling. She’s an alien. It’s a star-crossed love story.
'Star Wars' ketchup: A long time ago, I wrote this stuff about a galaxy far, far away
Reviews. Lists. Freudian confessions.
'Solo: A Star Wars Story': I have an ambivalent feeling about this
Here’s how your favorite smirking space pilot fulfills predetermined plot points.
Dad Thrash 101: A playlist
An opening missive banging your head on all the touchstones of this metal state of mind.
'Deadpool 2': The critic's blatantly self-aware review of a blatantly self-aware movie
Superhero tropes get upended, again.
Don't Watch This Trailer: 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout'
If the trailer is to be believed, the movie’s subtitle references what happens to Tom Cruise in relation to whatever vehicle or structure he’s in.
'Tully': Charlize Theron is a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown
An insightful tragicomic character study stumbles a little down the stretch.
'Final Portrait': An incomplete, by design, portrait of a portrait artist
Geoffrey Rush molds artist Alberto Giacometti as a charismatic eccentric.
CONCERT REVIEW: PARTYING HARD WITH ANDREW W.K.! IN ALL CAPS!
EXCLAMATION POINTS.
'You Were Never Really Here': The great intensity of Joaquin Phoenix
Lynne Ramsay’s new film is grueling and essential.
'The Week Of': Adam Sandler is father of the snide
Another mean-spirited Netflix yukfest from the prolific comedian.
John Serba At Large: An Introduction
My new manifesto, of sorts.
'Avengers: Infinity War': Only Marvel dares go to infinity - and then? I dunno
Going where no comic book movie has gone before, mostly.
Endless summer movie preview, 2018 edition
A list capped at 35 films, for sanity’s sake.
'I Feel Pretty': Amy Schumer, body shaming and thou
A comedy with its heart in the right place.