Don Hertzfeldt Returns to Tomorrow
You may not know the name Don Hertzfeldt. But if you’re of a certain age, you might recall a Simpsons couch gag from awhile back that made…
Who Wants to be a Kajillionaire?
Writer/director Miranda July always seem to channel her work from some subconscious realm. Her voice is so odd, and so raw, that I’ve generally found…
I Don’t Want To Go Back To the Movies Yet
There’s been a lot of handwringing in the news about moviegoers’ failure to return to cinemas when they rolled out Tenet and Mulan earlier this month. As a critic,…
Turns out I’m not alone in hating ‘The Notebook’
(CNN) Recently, I wrote a piece about how classic movies we once loved can disappoint us in hindsight. As a critic, I get lots of feedback, especially…
‘I Am Woman’ review: Helen Reddy biopic stars stellar leading lady
Watching this biopic about the creator of an iconic feminist anthem, I wondered what singer Helen Reddy makes of the one we’re loving in 2020: Cardi B’s “WAP.”…
Have Covid-19 test results, will travel
(CNN) — After our summer of housebound limbo, a handful of international travel options are finally opening back up, with conditions.So how do you meet the Covid-19 safety…
‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’: Charlie Kaufman, master of psychological horror?
The title suggests a joke about director/writer Charlie Kaufman’s reliably baffling third acts. But this Netflix release is an adaptation of Iain Reid’s acclaimed 2016 novel…
Colon cancer survivor says it’s time to take the disease seriously
In a year that has already brought so much tragedy and loss, Chadwick Boseman’s death at age 43 seems unthinkably cruel and unfair. How could such a…
The Beat Goes On
There’s a key moment early in “The Go-Go’s” when baby-faced L.A. punks Jane Wiedlin and Belinda Carlisle take a road trip to San Francisco to…
‘Class Action Park’: Amusing Ourselves to Death
Class Action Park, debuting today on HBO Max, documents a legendarily dangerous New Jersey amusement park, Action Park, that closed for good in 1986. Johnny Knoxville of…