Movie

What if two Hollywood A-list friends teamed up and bought, of all things, a soccer team?  “Welcome to Wrexham” documents a new business venture between actors Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, who join forces with FX...

We are pleased to offer an excerpt from the August 2022 edition of the online magazine Bright Wall/Dark Room. Their theme this month is “1987.” In addition to the excerpted essay below by Frank Falisi on “Innerspace,” the new issue...

Bianca Stigter’s documentary “Three Minutes: A Lengthening” is a great film about filmmaking and a quietly devastating memorial for lives long gone. The title tells you what it is: Stigter takes a three-minute reel of faded 16mm...

When “House of the Dragon” was announced, even fans of “Game of Thrones” were apprehensive. Would David Benioff and D.B. Weiss be helming the series? Would George R.R. Martin be involved? These questions matter, not only...

There’s a certain kind of guy who operates with disarming vulnerability, revealed only later as manipulative. People like this are often heads of companies, they give heartfelt Ted Talks, sometimes they start cults. In “Spin Me...

Simultaneously highfalutin and down-and-dirty, “Glorious” tells its single-location story in the trippiest, ickiest way. The execution doesn’t always match the imagination, but “Glorious” certainly deserves credit for originality. Stop me if you think you’ve heard this...

Across a body of work both compassionate and uncompromising, the filmmaker Lodge Kerrigan has maintained a distinctive physical proximity to the emotionally isolated characters he depicts living in society’s margins.  “Clean, Shaven,” his 1993 debut, worked...

“What is the responsibility of those in power?” These are the first words of Marvel’s new series, “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,” premiering on Disney+ tomorrow, August 18th. Establishing the ethos of the show, it is only the...

“The Undeclared War,” which premiered on Channel 4 in the U.K. earlier this Summer and lands on Peacock starting this week in the States, is well-intentioned, well-researched, and, well, boring. It is an often-dull look at the...

With her breakout supporting work in “Mad Men” and “Community” far behind her, Alison Brie has been fashioning a lead career by in part portraying characters who don’t usually see center stage. In 2020, she expressed...