The Assistant
The Assistant, a very good film, is especially good on power dynamics.
The Unloved, Part 74: Vigilante
Scout Tafoya celebrates William Lustig's Vigilante in his latest video essay about maligned masterpieces.
The Unloved, Part 73: Deja Vu
Scout Tafoya's series on underrated films heads into the 2020s with a Tony Scott classic.
A Hidden Life
It’s one of the year’s best and most distinctive movies, though sure to be divisive, even alienating for some viewers, in the manner of nearly all Malick’s films to one degree or another.
Midnight Family
This documentary about a family-owned private ambulance service in Mexico City is one of the great modern films about night in the city.
A Million Little Pieces
A tediously straightforward adaptation of a drug rehab memoir that turned out to be fiction.
The Unloved, Part 72: Solaris
Scout Tafoya's video essay series about maligned masterpieces celebrates Steven Soderbergh's Solaris.
63 Up
The sheer breadth and depth of this series creates its own sort of poetry.
Varda by Agnès
A typically beguiling and heartfelt guide to the films of the late Agnès Varda, by the director herself.
Dark Waters
A legal thriller in the tradition of The Verdict and The Insider.
Mickey and the Bear
An elegantly wrought drama about a father and daughter.
