Film on the Internet: PRESUMED INNOCENT
Harrison Ford is the cipher at the heart of Alan J. Pakula’s Presumed Innocent, a…
Film on the Internet: THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT
The Five-Year Engagement is technically a romantic comedy, but–like a lot of Apatow-adjacent projects–it’s more…
Film on the Internet: ROUNDERS
John Dahl’s pacey, insightful Rounders is about a young man, but it has the weight…
Film on the Internet: ULEE’S GOLD
Ulee’s Gold–and there’s an almost daringly noncommercial title for you–is intimate but intense. It zooms…
Film on the Internet: BATMAN BEGINS
Batman Begins is the film in which Batman begins, and you know what? It takes…
Film on the Internet: GREEN FOR DANGER
Traditional mysteries are always embedded in their settings: the layout of that country house matters,…
Film on the Internet: KLUTE
The actual case in Klute–its ostensible excuse for existing–is slim: abruptly presented and largely backgrounded…
Film on the Internet: THE BOOKSELLERS
If you’re like me, one of the things you’ve missed most during the pandemic is…
Film on the Internet: BILL AND TED’S BOGUS JOURNEY
Lovable slackers Bill Preston, Esq. and Ted “Theodore” Logan return, get killed by their evil…
Film on the Internet: MR. WEEKEND
McKenzie Woodward’s Mr. Weekend is a great example of how to do stripped-down, stylish filmmaking…