Review: Netflix’s “The Family”
Jesse Moss’s docu-series, The Family, was executive produced by Alex Gibney, who likewise produced the Netflix series Dirty Money, which included an episode helmed by Moss (The Overnighters)....
Category: Arts & Literature
Biopics give us something to hope for
Cast your eye over the films released in the past few years and those slated to come out in the near future and you'll notice a trend. Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman, Judy—these films aren't...
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
“Living is an adventure and a challenge…If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.” Opening with the words of the great jazz musician himself, the tone is set for Stanley...
Strangers With Candy is Still Ridiculous (and Relevant) at 20
Comedy Central’s riotously weird series Strangers With Candy—which lasted for three seasons, until it was cancelled in favor of a show called Strip Mall—turns 20 this year. As a millennial,...
Cold Case Hammarskjöld is a gonzo journey you don’t want to miss
Mads Brügger’s Cold Case Hammarskjöld, which debuted at Park City back in January, is a cinematic reinvestigation of the mysterious 1961 plane crash that took the life of United Nations...
Do we really need to analyze Stranger Things to death?
Stranger Things is back in the zeitgeist again. Here's one from the archives... All aboard the nostalgia train, next stop Netflix and the '80s themed series Stranger Things. We disembark in Hawkins,...
I can’t stop thinking about Midsommar
Ari Aster’s Midsommar begins, ends, and is punctuated with screaming. Screaming in films is generally a sign of catharsis, right? Sure. Well, and abject horror. Midsommar gives us both, of course....
Lupin III is my holiday weekend binge of choice. Join me.
Man, another year, another Independence Day weekend with no Twilight Zone marathon. What the heck does cable expect us to do with ourselves? My determination to avoid the sweet, sultry, Southern...
Life is Strange 2: A Sad And Unfortunate American Story
Life is Strange 2 isn’t finished yet, but already it’s something I think will be looked back on as something pretty special. I can’t think of a game that has captured the indie film feel in...
Greta Schiller, “Before Stonewall”
“I made a whole film, Paris Was a Woman, about lesbians in Paris between the wars. Now we have the internet, and the communication on the web, and people can fly places, and you can live...