Dazed and Confused (1993)
Dazed and Confused holds up a blurry, humid, beer-streaked mirror and asks: Do you see yourself in this?
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
This is a film that feels as fresh and fun as it did the day it premiered.
Unbroken (2014)
This is a film about stillness, anticipation, and about the long, quiet spaces between acts of endurance.
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
It’s not the ending we wanted. But maybe it’s the ending we needed.
Flatliners (1990)
Flatliners raises big questions in loud ways, then politely declines to address them.
Lucy (2014)
What if I told you this movie was WAY better than you heard?
Tombstone (1993)
Tombstone doesn’t apologize for its mythological grandeur.
It wants to be the legend.
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Forgive me, Mr. Friedkin—and may you find the peace you so rarely granted anyone on screen.
The Conversation (1974)
The Conversation remains one of the most quietly devastating portraits of personal paranoia ever put to screen.
Elysium (2013)
Elysium gestures toward big ideas, then boils them down until there’s nothing left but flavorless residue.
The Hall Monitor 11/10/24
This was a trying week. At least one of this week’s titles was a big part of that.
The Hall Monitor 11/03/24
I watched a lot of stuff this week. Was I fascinated or frustrated?
My Favorite Albums of 2023
Did any of these standouts make your list for the year’s best music?
White Christmas (1954)
Snoowwwww
Val Kilmer: I’m Your Huckleberry (2021)
If life is art and art is life, Kilmer’s most important work may still be ahead of him.
Cocaine Bear (2023)
I went into Cocaine Bear with no expectations.
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