Grading the Best Post-Pandemic Male Movie Characters
What do men want from movies? Skilled underdog bros, apparently.
“The Apprentice” Review: Make Movies Trump-Free Again
If “The Apprentice” convinces one American not to vote for Trump, it will have been worth making. Beyond that, it’s barely worth seeing.
“Joker: Folie à Deux” Review: Not the Sequel We Want, But the One We Deserve
There’s nothing wrong with making a disappointing sequel. Just make sure you disappoint the right people.
“Megalopolis” Review: Francis Ford Coppola Builds a City of Dreams and Nightmares
Coppola creates a film mesmerizingly at war with itself: obvious and abstract, conservative and progressive, ugly and beautiful.
“Furiosa” Review: Mythic Form Battles Cinematic Function in George Miller’s Epic
What’s a director to do after transporting us to moviegoing heaven? Reach for the sun and get burned, I guess.
Bennett’s Top 10 Films of 2023
Just as Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” buoyed me during quarantine, his “Oppenheimer” became one of my lifelines during another harrowing year.
Why “Lost in Translation” Is My Favorite Film of All Time
We’re going into the dreamy, enveloping world of “Lost in Translation”—not only as it is, but as I remember, know, and feel it.
Bennett’s Top 25 Favorite Films of All Time
In a world where ranking Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible” haircuts is a minor sport, lists pose an existential threat to film criticism–according to the nonbelievers.
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