Holy Ghosts
Andrew Haigh's beguiling fantasia about a middle-aged gay man reuniting with his long-dead parents is an achingly powerful exploration of the wounds we carry with us.
Stranger Changer
Andrew Haigh's delicate dramatic touch was already fully-formed in his 2011 film about the chance encounter of two gay men.
Oscar Nominations 2024
A list of this year's nominees, with thoughts on who is missing.
Do The Write Thing
American Fiction's political humor is its weakest element, but as a character study and dramedy bolstered by a great supporting cast, it nonetheless entertains.
Thin Grool
The 2024 musical iteration of Mean Girls is broadly enjoyable, but in smoothing out the original’s edges it has mostly been left without a personality or purpose of its own.
Fetch Club
Mean Girls earned its pop culture memability with an exceedingly quotable script, but the meanness of its world rubs off on the movie in regretable ways.
Music and Morality
While Inside Llewyn Davis may seem an outlier in the Coen Brothers' filmography, its approach to music shows it well in keeping with the moral framework of their other movies.
On Just Existing
Cinema Purgatorio launches with a deep dive into Inside Llewyn Davis, and why its painfully relatable look at the creative life makes it my favorite film.
Coming Attractions
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