No one signs up for the Squid Game—contestant or viewer alike—expecting to have a good time. Netflix’s smash-hit Korean thriller series was a massive, massive hit in its first season,…
Read moreAMC’s (formerly Disney’s) “Nautilus” is nine-tenths fun adventure. We’re talking otherworldly sea creatures, lost treasure, and 1850s technical marvels, portrayed by the best our 2020s studios can offer. The ten-part…
Read moreThere is a moment in Terry Gilliam’s 1985 dystopian masterpiece “Brazil” where the film stops being dazzling, sets aside the Pythonesque humor, and lets humanity have a moment to itself.…
Read moreFrank Herbert’s sci-fi epic Dune and its sequels are notoriously challenging to adapt. Critics met David Lynch’s 1984 “Dune” film with scorn, calling it an inscrutable mess with no clear…
Read moreThe Karlovy Vary Film Festival will screen a newly restored version of Miloš Forman’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” celebrating the 1975 masterpiece—the second of only three films ever…
Read moreWhat a strange year it’s been. As the divisions in the country continue to widen, people turned to a truly strong year for film and television, but even that unfolded…
Read moreMore of your favorite artists die as you get older. These days we usually get the news via social media, which still makes for a nice, democratic forum for public…
Read moreSly and the Family Stone were most recently front and center in my thoughts thanks to Questlove’s excellent documentary, “SLY LIVES! (a.k.a The Burden of Black Genius).” I reviewed the…
Read moreFor the longest time, we’ve gotten used to zombies being one of two types: The shambolic, brain-hungry walkers of “Night of the Living Dead” or the lightning-fast runners of “28…
Read moreChaz Ebert recounts her Chaz Ebert recounts her experience at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, from cell phone usage to panels to chats with critics and correspondents also attending the fest.…
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