Joker and Its Enemies
I'm not sure "liked" is the right verb for my reaction to Joker, but it rattled me. It was effective. It stayed with me. It'll probably be on my ten-best ...
Film & TV
Joker: An Honest Treatment of Madness
The depiction of a man’s descent into insanity is alone worth the price of admission.
The Breaking Bad Movie
Jesse Pinkman returns in a two-hour coda.
Alec Baldwin’s Unexpectedly Nuanced Trump Stand-In
In Motherless Brooklyn, Baldwin makes an unintentional case for Trumpism by playing his Trump-like character as an effective leader with a sinister appeal.
Parasite: Antifa Comedy for the Cancel-Culture Era
Bong Joon-ho laughs at family and social ruin.
Steven Donziger and the Plot against Chevron
The outtakes had a happier ending than the movie.
Joker: A Violent, Noxious Scorsese Rip-Off
A review of Joker.
China Is to the NBA as North Korea Is to Sony Pictures
One more point I've been meaning to add: the parallel to when North Korea tried to strong-arm Sony Pictures into canceling its film, The Interview.
Make Satan Great Again
Down with these lesser antagonists.
Scorsese Dissents from Comic-Book-Movie Fanboys
His conservative defense of humanism draws a line in the sand and causes uproar.