“Materialists” Review: Love Dies To Be Reborn In Celine Song’s 21st Century Romance
June 13, 2025
Song’s follow-up to “Past Lives” is a romantic not-comedy that is entrancing, honest, and heartfelt.
“Always Hold On To Smallville” Review: A Poignant Podcast Eclipses Its Inspiration
June 6, 2025
“Always Hold On To Smallville” is better—wiser, wittier, more emotional—than “Smallville” itself.
Last Mission: Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, and the Unfulfilled Promise of “The Final Reckoning”
May 23, 2025
“The Final Reckoning” is one of the bitterest and most baffling cinematic disappointments of my lifetime.
“Tomorrowland” in 2025: Defying a Dark Future for Disney (and the World)
May 9, 2025
“Tomorrowland” has retroactively attained an aura of premonition.
This Is How Childhood Ends: Growing Up in the Shadows of “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith”
April 25, 2025
When “Revenge of the Sith” was released, I was finally old enough to experience the allure of the dark side.
Wong Kar-wai’s “2046” in 2025: A Requiem for Romance, an Elegy For Hong Kong
April 14, 2025
Fantasias of auteurism hold no allure for Wong, who shows how the story of a man can become the story of a region.
