loaded question: what are the greatest one-word catchphrases in pop-culture history?
I got Ted Lasso’s “Believe,” Homer Simpson’s “Doh!” and the Fonz’s “Ayyyyy!” What others are there?
Year: 2023
daily stream: Christopher Nolan’s other WWII movie
2017’s Dunkirk leaves US Netflix soon; on Prime in the UK.
daily stream: meet Putin’s worst nightmare, Alexei Navalny
2022 doc Navalny is on Max in the US, Curzon Home Cinema in the UK.
daily stream: Sinéad O’Connor was right about the Catholic Church
2013’s Philomena is streaming on Prime in the US, and on Disney+ in the UK.
daily stream: a taboo-smashing feminist horror black comedy about pregnancy
2017’s Prevenge is streaming on Shudder in the US, Prime in the UK.
loaded question: is IMAX worth the premium upgrade?
Does IMAX make a film feel more like an event in a way that cannot be replicated even with the best home setup, or even in small multiplex screens? Or does IMAX come at too high a price?
Sympathy for the Devil movie review: schtick the landing
Rote cat-and-mouse thriller spins its wheels getting somewhere obvious, just so wild-eyed Nic Cage can cartoonishly Rage again. Look, the actor has found his schtick, and he’s sticking with it, okay?
Mavka: The Forest Song movie review: the dark of the woods comes too late
Traditional folk music and beautifully animated mythic motifs may be rightfully validating for homegrown Ukrainian audiences, but there’s little else beyond that novelty to capture others’ imagination.
daily stream: a portrait of the incomparable Sinéad O’Connor
The 2022 documentary Nothing Compares is on Showtime in the US, Prime in the UK.
behind the scenes: I am unmoored and paralyzed by polycrisis
tl;dr: Finally able to step back from my year of hell and take a deep breath, all I see is pandemic denial, the world on fire, and fascists getting bolder and bolder. I feel so hopeless, and so helpless.
