Take Out

Have you ever given much thought to the average deliveryman? I confess, I haven't, except if I'm frustrated when they can't find my apartment and are calling or if they didn't just leave the food at the door like I requested on the app. Delivery workers are an invisible workforce behind the convenience...

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The General

Any fans of trains and their usage in cinema can surely appreciate a film like The General, the 1926 silent comedy starring Buster Keaton. Co-directed by Clyde Bruckman (a frequent collaborator of Keaton's), The General, once dismissed by audiences and critics alike, is good, old-fashioned (yet...

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All 50 2025 Oscar-Nominated Movies Ranked

From afar, the Oscar-nominated films of 2025 present a world in disarray. From the exploration by parasitic patrons of those below them in The Brutalist to similar eat-the-rich, us-versus-them narratives of Anora to tragedies featured in the documentaries (like institutional abuse of indigenous...

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A Complete Unknown

"I bargained for salvation, and she gave me a lethal dose."Bob Dylan ("Shelter from the Storm")Modern-day biographical films about musicians often embrace a "great man theory" of music. That is, like the great man theory approach to history, in which some believe we can understand who we are through...

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Saturday Night

The past fifty years have been an incredibly rapid rise and sustained run for Lorne Michaels, the man who went from juggling a thousand different problems in the hour running up to his iconic show's debut to telling Taylor Swift that he doesn't negotiate with terrorists as he tossed popcorn into his mouth after she demanded his staff cut a sketch making fun of her. Among the following problems Saturday...

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