After Yang is now streaming on Showtime and playing in select theaters. By Palmer Rubin I don’t know if any filmmaker has used a TikTok dance challenge to set up his inciting incident before, but I’m […]

After Yang is now streaming on Showtime and playing in select theaters. By Palmer Rubin I don’t know if any filmmaker has used a TikTok dance challenge to set up his inciting incident before, but I’m […]
The Lost Daughter is now streaming on Netflix. By Palmer Rubin Parenthood is a prison when only one parent is doing any of the work. That’s the impression that Leda Caruso (Olivia Colman) seems to have […]
Don’t Look Up is now streaming on Netflix. By Palmer Rubin A graduate student discovers a comet, and quickly goes on to realize it’s going to render life on Earth extinct in six months and […]
The Matrix Resurrections is now streaming on HBO Max. By Palmer Rubin This was my most anticipated release of the year. The idea of a fourth Matrix movie sounded almost impossible. The sequels were despised, […]
The Power of the Dog is now streaming on Netflix. By Palmer Rubin A veritable rush of cattle are driven across the plain. Every cowhand going after them and keeping them in place is the […]
Red Rocket opens in theaters on December 10. By Josh Leichter There’s something alluring about stories set in small towns during the summer. Maybe it’s the general sense of idleness that the summer heat brings […]
Black Widow is currently streaming on Disney Plus (for an extra $30 fee) and in theaters now. By Palmer Rubin Ah, the Marvel behemoth. Once upon a time, Marvel was a company shedding properties left […]
No Sudden Move is currently streaming on HBO Max. By Palmer Rubin Steven Soderbergh moves to the beat of his own drum, anything and everything else be damned. This has worked about as often as it’s […]
Army of the Dead is currently streaming on Netflix. By Palmer Rubin Army of the Dead is almost 2021’s most profound film, and I wish it leaned further into those instincts. Of course, the amount it […]
Zack Snyder’s Justice League is now available to stream on HBO Max. *Spoilers for Zack Snyder’s Justice League follow just because it’s impossible to talk about this without spoiling it.* By Palmer Rubin Snyder cut good. I […]