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Category: Entertainment
The Unloved, Part 134: A Dandy in Aspic
Last month, I released my third book, “The Black Book: An Anthony Mann Reader.” (You can order your copy here.)…
March 11, 2025
Entertainment, Film, Home, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, News, Todd Field, TV show
Leonardo DiCaprio Will Lead Martin Scorsese’s Home; Apple and Todd Field to Produce
While it’s been very difficult of late to figure out what Martin Scorsese will follow Killers of the Flower Moon…
March 11, 2025
Chad Hartigan, Entertainment, Festivals, Film, News, Reviews, SXSW 2025, The Threesome, TV show
SXSW Review: The Threesome is an Ambitious, Flawed Rom-Com From Chad Hartigan
A big swing and nearly a miss, Chad Hartigan’s The Threesome is not without its charms even as it can…
March 11, 2025
Entertainment, Festivals, Film, Ghost Boy, News, Reviews, Rodney Ascher, SXSW 2025, TV show
SXSW Review: Rodney Ascher’s Ghost Boy is a Moving, Philosophical Documentary About Being Trapped
Directed by Rodney Ascher, best known for his horror-focused documentaries Room 237 and The Nightmare, Ghost Boy approaches its subject…
March 10, 2025
Entertainment, Festivals & Awards, Film, News, TV show
SXSW Film Festival 2025: Ghost Boy, The Secret of Me, Take No Prisoners
The doc program at SXSW reflects the left-of-center tone of both the festival and the city of Austin. Where else…
March 10, 2025
Entertainment, Film, MZS, News, TV show
Red Meat: Steak ‘n Shake Goes Nazi
“Steak ‘n Shake has gone Nazi” isn’t a sentence I ever expected to see, much less type. But here we…
March 09, 2025
Entertainment, Festivals & Awards, Film, News, TV show
SXSW Film Festival 2025: It Ends, The Threesome, Caper
The SXSW Film Festival launched on Friday night with a star-studded premiere of the new Amazon Prime Video sequel “Another…
March 08, 2025
Entertainment, Film, Matías Piñeiro, News, Reviews, TV show, You Burn Me
You Burn Me Review: Matías Piñeiro Muses on Sapphic Fragments and Unrequited Love
In You Burn Me, the Argentinian littérateur-filmmaker Matías Piñeiro uses his vintage Bolex camera like the iOS Notes app. Shooting…
March 07, 2025
Entertainment, Film, Interviews, News, TV show
More Than Rage: Rungano Nyoni and Susan Chardy on “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl”
The absurdist drama “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” begins with one of the most indelible images to grace the silver…
March 07, 2025
Entertainment, Features, Film, News, TV show
Women Develop New Models of Heroism in Festival Docs
Everyone loves a hero. We’re awash with heroic stories in film and TV, decades into the comic-book-turned-movie blockbuster. In fact,…