MaryAnn’s quick take: Rian Johnson’s third outing with droll detective Benoit Blanc, perhaps the most memorable original new movie character in decades, Wake Up Dead Man is a grimly funny gothic romp through modern hot-button Americana. Read the review…
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Superboys of Malegaon movie review: making movies with his friends - Gentle, charming dramedy about pals in middle-of-nowhere India making amateur movies. The giddy glee in this winsome portrait of geeky passion and enduring friendship is all-around infectious.movies for the resistance
One Battle After Another movie review: où est la résistance? - Brash, chaotic, full of bleak humor and bitter irony. With blockbuster vibes over an anarchic indie heart, it’s both earnest and winking. Outstanding in-flight entertainment for our societal freefall.21st-century sci-fi
Bugonia movie review: worst contact (London Film Festival 2025) - Grimly hilarious, this mashup of black comedy, social commentary, suspense, and horror is sharp and stinging, with a haunting gut punch of a finale... and it’s Yorgos Lanthimos’s most accessible film yet.streaming watchlist
curated cinema: the criminal conspiracy is coming from inside the White House - 1976’s All the President’s Men is on Prime and Apple TV on both sides of the Atlantic, and on HBO Max in the US till June 1.classic film virgin
classic film virgin: Top Gun (1986) - Cold War propaganda that is weirdly apolitical. Sunny, breezy homoeroticism that is surely unintentional. What a hoot this is! Mostly not in a good way, but its impact on pop culture cannot be denied.sponsored
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- I’m coming back — pinky promise! — next week
- my picks for tomorrow night’s 98th Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2025’s films) (winners indicated)
- my picks for tonight’s 97th Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2024’s films) (winners indicated)
- OFCS 2024 awards winners announced
- AWFJ 2024 EDA Awards winners announced
- join me for an online chat about ‘Chariots of Fire’ (now with video!)
- I’m back on movie podcast Ribbon of Memes, talking about ‘Midsommar’
- new Flick Filosopher WhatsApp channel
- I’m on the Strong Women – Strange Worlds Zoom Fri Nov 01
- I’m guesting once more on movie podcast Ribbon of Memes
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- curated cinema: the criminal conspiracy is coming from inside the White House
- I’m coming back — pinky promise! — next week
- my picks for tomorrow night’s 98th Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2025’s films) (winners indicated)
- curated cinema: two great movies by Rob Reiner
- Wake Up Dead Man movie review: knives way the hell out (London Film Festival 2025)
- Bugonia movie review: worst contact (London Film Festival 2025)
- Good Boy movie review: horrors beyond canine comprehension
- The Cut movie review: head not in the game
- One Battle After Another movie review: où est la résistance?
- Sew Torn movie review: patchwork pastiche
- curated cinema: the madness and genius of Brian Wilson
- curated cinema: how societies fall
- Black Bag movie review: committed to the cloak-and-dagger
- Fountain of Youth movie review: raiders of the lost art
- Final Destination: Bloodlines review: the curse of fatal death