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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: nailing a crooked politician, and making it good TV - 2008’s Frost/Nixon is on Prime and Apple TV on both sides of the Atlantic.

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.

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