Before this I thought Jarmusch had never, in almost four decades, made a bad or even mediocre movie (yes, I’ll even go to bat for Permanent Vacation and The Limits of Control) and it’s a little nuts that this might change just like that. I’ll see it for myself of course but virtually every part you describe sounds terr…

Happy Hour certainly tried my patience at times but rewarded it more often, and in ways I didn’t even begin to expect; this sounds very appetizing as both a follow-up and a departure. Excellent review.

Ditto. I’m Russian and not especially interested in the movie but major kudos to Fiennes.

His DNA is definitely in here.

Only a handful of theaters presumably, given the Monday VOD release.

Loved this movie for all the reasons laid out above and I’m really happy you got the chance to review it here. In addition to Lynch there’s a good deal of Hitchcock in this too (specifically Vertigo), as well as Pynchon and his conspiracy-laden odysseys, and I like to think that Sam’s literal stinking is intended to…

In addition to all the other influences, the description of plot, mood and structure, particularly of the first half, makes me think of Once Upon a Time in America. I dug Kaili Blues, look forward to this although I’m pretty sure I won’t get a chance to see it in 3D.

Juno is only quirky insofar as it reflects the tryhard quirkiness of its teenage characters, who use it to seem cool and detached. But a major part of the movie is Juno having to grow up beyond that in the situation she’s in, and it ultimately has a mature attitude towards Garner and Bateman, not buying in the…

Really appreciate how the tossed-off observation of that line serves as a dry payoff to the did-I-just-see-that-right header image.

Both movies’ reviews - written by different individuals, not by a “you guys” - make a perfectly fine case for them getting that grade. 

Seeing Vadim track conservative cinema of this type from movie to movie is one of the more consistent pleasures of today’s film criticism.

One Sings, the Other Doesn’t and Mur murs are two of her movies I’d recommend the most. The latter might be my favorite I’ve seen from her, both an invaluable time capsule of late ‘70s L.A. and one of the most focused and moving expressions of her fundamentally generous worldview.

A treasure. I marathoned most of her filmography just a few months ago for the first time and man this news hits hard. Her level of curiosity and generosity towards the world is something I can only hope to one day come close to.

Dark Shadows is almost surreal in the way it insists on seeing Green as an antagonist to be rooted against, when nothing and nobody else in the movie is remotely worthy of her.

I thank Sean O’Neal for introducing me to him via this article; still vividly remember lazily skimming AVC on just another day at work, hitting play on “My Death” and getting hooked for life less than halfway in. Amazing voice, one of the most fascinating artists, as I proceeded to discover. Great film composer too, I…

Love that movie. My favorite Villeneuve. It was still in a pretty different register from the one this seems to operate, though. 

I wasn’t crazy about Get Out, which I thought didn’t stand up especially well to scrutiny either, but I’ve been pretty excited for this. There’s no denying Peele has an eye for horror imagery and it looks like he went all out here, and Nyong’o appears to have finally gotten the chance to fully deliver on the promise…

I got to see Alien on the big screen a couple weeks ago, and I don’t believe anything gets mentioned about Ripley having a daughter. (A minute later: yup, Wiki confirms it was James Cameron who came up with her.) As far as that movie’s concerned, there doesn’t need to be any subtext to Ripley saving Jones.

It’s one thing to learn something. It’s another to turn it into a freaking article whose substance boils down to “Holy shit guys, I just learned something I didn’t know before! Even though all it takes to learn that is one glance on Wikipedia!” I’m looking forward to pop culture writers unearthing a “fun fact” that…

Channeling The Dissolve’s “Later, they bone” spirit here. Well done Mike.