Mel Gibson’s Shocking New Role
This gripping but difficult movie melds 1970s grindhouse cinema with the harshly funny wisecracks of hardboiled 1940s Raymond Chandler detective noir.
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The Movie Messages of Women’s History Month
Hollywood turns complex women into cartoons.
Theranos and the Dangers of Silicon Valley Hubris
A new documentary explores the scandal that engulfed Elizabeth Holmes’s now-infamous biotech startup.
Orson Welles: Artist and Political Prophet
New biopic documentary mixes art, history, and politics.
Mountains of Stupid in Triple Frontier
Writer-director J.C. Chandor's new movie delivers a weak story lacking in originality.
Transit Is a Trendy Casablanca Knockoff
Alienated globalists, following political fashion, anticipate the death of the West.
The Solemn Duty of the Sex Comedy
A farce played with the solemnity of deadpan, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs baffled critics on release in 1979.
What Should We Do about Michael Jackson?
James L. Brooks, co-creator of The Simpsons, says that the 1991 episode guest-starring Michael Jackson is being yanked, permanently.
Journalism in the Movies Cheers On Cynicism
What’s wrong with TCM’s month-long celebration of fake news
Captain Marvel and Today’s Exhausting Feminism
Forget ‘leaning in,’ America — lean out with me!