The Brutalist movie review: red, white, and brutal
Stark and unsentimental, as stubborn and as challenging as its protagonist, and as monumental as his works. Adrien Brody’s performance is extraordinary, full of flinty anger and palpable melancholy.
Killers of the Flower Moon
Apple TV+ is free worldwide Jan 3–5
Get ready to spend the weekend bingeing some great films and series.
my picks for tonight’s 96th Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2023’s films) (winners indicated)
I correctly guessed 12 out of the 23 categories, which is a little worse than how I did last year but better than the year before. So about par for the course for me.
OFCS 2023 awards nominees announced (updated with winners)
Oppenheimer takes eight awards, Barbie four…
AWFJ 2023 EDA Awards winners announced
The Zone of Interest, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie are the big winners.
loaded question: are three-hour-plus movies damaging to the overall entertainment environment?
Is there anything definitive that can be said about movie runtimes, or is it always a matter of It depends…
daily stream: a progressive voice from a century ago, back from the memory-hole
2017’s The Lost City of Z is on Prime in the US, Netflix in the UK.
Killers of the Flower Moon movie review: blood for oil (London Film Festival 2023)
A great American filmmaker on a memory-holed chapter of American history at the intersection of colonialism and toxic masculinity. Massive, epic, and essential. Scorches the earth of our complacency.
daily stream: just another Scorsese masterpiece
2006’s The Departed leaves US Netflix soon; on Prime and Apple TV in the UK.
loaded question: what 2023 films are you most looking forward to?
New year, tons of new movies coming our way! Here’s a list of some of the big 2023 titles we know about so far to get you started salivating…
