Most movies, on some level, are about reconciling the space between parents and their children. It’s the theme that runs right through the heart of Elemental, so it makes sense that’s where Paul Kubala’s head was at when we talked … Continue reading Paul Kubala on ELEMENTAL
Indy sure does have to fight Nazis a lot. Probably because Raiders of the Lost Ark featured Nazis, and the movie did so well at the box office that the creators of the now five-film series fall back on that familiar formula … Continue reading INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY
It’s spring 1865, and the American Civil War is winding down. Factions have sprung off, and the frontier is rife with outlaws and gangs. Stuck in the middle is Border City, a town straddling the Arkansas and Missouri state lines, … Continue reading WOMAN THEY ALMOST LYNCHED
Thoughts on “Asteroid City,” the latest from writer/director Wes Anderson, and Pasolini 101, a new (and spectacular) set from The Criterion Collection. Continue reading
The play’s the thing, and for Conrad Earp (Edward Norton), a Tennessee Williams-type with a predilection for Tom of Finland cowboy art, his new play is sure to be the one that wakes the audience up. Or puts them to … Continue reading ASTEROID CITY
Movies discussed on this week’s show: “Elemental” and “The Blackening.” Continue reading
They were friends in college, but it’s been 10 years since the whole group got together. Poor choices and hurt feelings came between them. But that was then, and this is now. And now they’re all getting together in a … Continue reading THE BLACKENING
It’s not easy being Dalí,” surrealist painter Salvador Dalí tells his assistant, 50 years his junior. Certainly not, by the looks of it: From parties to paintings, Dalí’s life is one continuous machine of theatricality and commerce surrounded by hangers-on, … Continue reading DALÍLAND
Peter Parker was just another kid in Queens when he was bitten by a radioactive spider, bringing physical gifts (and a simultaneous curse) beyond his wildest dreams. He may have a heightened sixth sense and strength hundreds of times that … Continue reading SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
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