movie reviews
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is a Whodunnit Where the Culprit Is America
In Martin Scorsese's epic about the Osage killings, evil is more banal than ever—and more persistent too.
A Teenage Swiftie Checks in on the Biggest Movie in the Country
‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ is as much an event as the live concerts were—but come on, turn off your phone’s flashlight
‘Oppenheimer’ Takes on America’s Long, Fucked Up History of Anti-Communism
Finally, a Christopher Nolan movie that even a Nolan hater can—well, not, love, exactly, but admire.
Clever and Often Hilarious, ‘Barbie’ Thinks Outside the Box It Can’t Quite Escape
Greta Gerwig occasionally achieves the impossible with the year's most hyped movie.
Cruise Against the Machine
The choice of villain in the latest ‘Mission Impossible' and in this summer’s other big budget movies says a lot
Movies For Grown-Ups: ‘Past Lives’ and ‘You Hurt My Feelings’ Are Both Fine, I Guess
Celine Song and Nicole Holofcener peer into everyday dilemmas without cutting too deep.
What I Watched in the 2nd Week of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival
Was the best movie I saw also the longest? Yep, sometimes that's just how it goes.
Candid Trans Sex Workers, Jerky Teen Boys, and a Really Nice Caftan: A Report From Week 1 of MSPIFF
Here are the 13 movies I've watched in the past eight days. Whew.
An Educated Guesser’s Mini-Guide to the 2023 Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival
Intimidated by the MSPIFF schedule? Don't know where to start? Let's give you a hand with that.
‘Return to Seoul’ Is a Complex, Brilliant Journey Into the Past. ‘Spinning Gold’ Is Garbage.
You can watch a fantastic character study or a dreadful biopic—the choice is yours.
