New on DVD and Blu-Ray
This week sees two fine Criterion releases, canonizing the first two Police Story movies as…
Film on the Internet: THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER
The Blackcoat’s Daughter is a moody, melancholy possession movie directed by Oz Perkins (I Am…
Goin’ Catch That Train: John Singleton, 1968-2019
I don’t know where my high school yearbook is off the top of my head,…
Film on the Internet: MARATHON MAN (1976) on Amazon Prime
“It isn’t safe.” Not far below their surfaces and sometimes on them, the thrillers of…
The Music Room is Haunted by an Indulgent Aristocrat’s Impending Doom by Joey Lee
It’s fascinating to think of music as an aristocrat’s (or zamindar‘s, as they were referred…
Celebrating the Living: Jonathan Pryce
I’ll be honest—I was waiting to get to him until after The Man Who Killed…
Opening Weekend Records Crumble As Avengers: Endgame Amasses Staggering $350 Million Opening Weekend
Before May 2002, no movie in American history had opened to $100 million over its…
Attention Must Be Paid: Lena Horne
Once again, I am left to wish that Henry Louis Gates covered people who are…
Disney Byways: Gossip and Urban Legends
This week, we got an announcement that Disney+ would not feature Song of the South…
If You’ve Been Holding Out For A Hero, Then Avengers: Endgame Delivers
On paper, Avengers: Endgame is a proposition that really should be laughable rather than something…