“The bad boy melodramatist from Madrid turned sixty last month, and this is the kind of picture an artist makes when they’re getting on in years and taking stock of things. It’s a gentle, episodic movie about mending fences and making peace, and how part of getting older is realizing there are some things you should apologize for and some you still shouldn’t.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 10/16/2019
“Enormous fun to watch even if it has no real reason to exist, El Camino is an agreeably stripped-down affair, more like an epilogue to the series than a standalone feature of its own. Written and directed by Gilligan, the movie conjures that familiar Breaking Bad mojo of characters constantly escaping out of a dangerous situation into an alternative that’s infinitely worse.” – North Shore Movies, 10/12/2019
Thrilled to be back on the air with my old pal Craig D. Lindsey as he makes his triumphant return to podcasting. We discuss upcoming fall movies such as Harriet and Dolemite Is My Name, along with highlights from my trip to the New York Film Festival. But mostly we just complain about being annoyed with everybody and how we’re getting old. – Everything Is Cancelled, 10/11/2019
“Attempting to inflate this tawdry true crime tale into some sort of metaphysical meditation, Hawley leaves out the diaper detail, which is a shame because the movie’s so full of shit it could’ve used one. It’s impossible not to wonder what the hell he was trying to get at here, overloading every scene with show-offy camera tricks and empty intonations.” – North Shore Movies, 10/10/2019
“An oddball, archly comic examination of the 2016 Panama Papers scandal, this is in many ways a typical Soderbergh picture, in that it’s a sardonically amusing tale of economic malfeasance fixated on process and procedure. But it’s also weirdly half-baked and under-realized, the most slapdash of the director’s efforts since his 2002 Full Frontal.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 10/10/2019
Always a pleasure talking to the great Blake Howard. On this episode of The Take we tee off on the most idiotic film-related controversy in recent memory, during which Martin Scorsese caused millions of superhero fans to soil their diapers by suggesting that Marvel movies aren’t the cinema of personal expression. Here’s why he was right. – The Take Podcast, 10/09/2019
“A monotonous slog that won’t stop patting itself on the back for being ‘edgy’ when really it’s just another dull corporate product gussied up with adult-ish affectations and dorm room philosophizing about ‘society, man.’ Joker carries on as if it’s imparting some sort of serious social commentary while being extremely careful not to actually say anything at all.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 10/03/2019
