On Fantastic Mr. Fox and the contradictory, complementary visions of Wes Anderson and Roald Dahl. Read More
Uncut Gems is itself an uncut gem—jagged and terrifying on the outside, yet encompassing a startlingly beautiful and cosmic humanism within. Read More
Sometimes, the only thing a woman can do is let herself be seen on her own terms. Read More
In probing the depth of Jesus’s humanity, Martin Scorsese makes the sacrifice of Christ all the more fulfilling, real, tortured, and true. Read More
Whether by accident or instinct, Carnival of Souls captures a sense of alienation. And the film itself, fiercely independent, with a singular vision, experienced a similar outcome as its protagonist. Read More
A Journey Through The Funky Fanfare of Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood Read More
Kelsey Ford on murder mysteries, gentleman sleuths, and Rian Johnson's Knives Out. Read More
There are too many things about the end of my marriage to quantify or rank in terms of difficulty; it’s all hard, in a way I'm only beginning to understand how to describe. But Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story has given me somewhere to point to, a frame of reference to begin to try. Read More
Instead of taking issue with the facts of what Frank Sheeran tells us, The Irishman unravels the way he positions himself within his account. Read More
I avoided both Heat and Jackie Brown until 2019. I recognize that this is irrational self-sabotage. It is, in this case, especially irrational behavior given that my number-one all-time celebrity crush is mid-‘90s Robert De Niro. Read More
Nicholas Ray's Johnny Guitar is so rigorously, comprehensively excessive, its excesses eclipse any baseline against which excess is typically judged. Read More
From the moment that Ishtar—a big budget comedy combining the talents of Elaine May, Warren Beatty, and Dustin Hoffman—was announced, its legend has loomed large. Read More