Writing

Interview with director Kleber Mendonça Filho

Profile of actor Gabriel Leone

A piece the Vesper martini for its 70th anniversary.

Michael Mann's Ferrari recreates a bygone—and often deadly—age of motorsports, including a catastrophic accident that shook auto racing to its core.

Review of John Wick Chapter 4 and how it successfully closes out the John Wick saga.

An interview with Comedy Bang! Bang! host Scott Aukerman about the podcast and his new book Comedy Bang! Bang! The Podcast: The Book.

The experience of being at a Formula 1 Grand Prix.

An essay about the Coens' satire of consumer culture.

I interviewed comedian Joe Pera about the end of his beloved show Joe Pera Talks With You.

Interview with Kate Tsang, director of Marvelous and the Black Hole, for Thrillist.

How filmmakers and programmers are acclimating to film festivals to the pandemic era.

We’ve taken Denzel Washington for granted.

Anderson makes live-action neo-baroque cartoons. He creates heightened worlds with exaggerated societies in which he immerses his characters that all belong to an aesthetic he’s honed for decades. Naturalism is employed like saffron; accentuating his screenplays’ dramatic moments. Think of The French Dispatch as a Saturday morning cartoon block. A fizzy mix of Wes Anderson tales that you’ll want to watch for hours longer than the runtime allows.

Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth is a story told in shadows. Dark figures contemplate, plot, and scurry through askew geometry and a foreboding soundtrack. They emerge from opaque horizons, obscured by smoke and dread, bound for opportunity or vengeance. In both cases, they seize what they seek.

For Mia Hansen-Løve, filmmaking allows her to recreate her memories—her work is the result of a conversation between fiction and life. Instead of just presenting the result, Bergman Island also offers the conversation.

A review of Sparks and Leos Carax's post-modern musical Annette.

A review of Miriam Ghani's documentary on unfinished Agfhan films from the communist era.

A review of Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert's intriguing exploration into Poland's new found middle-class capitalism and the emptiness it brings.

A review of Géssica Généus' stirring and tender debut feature set in a troubled Haiti, Freda.

An essay on the idiosyncratic delight of Ted Lasso season one and its positive message.

A look at Italian giallo films and Edgar Wright's Last Night in Soho.

An essay on the 1971 James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever, the most peculiar entry in the franchise.

A review of Azazel Jacobs's 2020 film French Exit.

An essay on the perfect storm of threats to movie theaters and why they will survive.

A review of Henry Khaou's 2019 film Monsoon.

An FAQ guide to the MTA's OMNY system for payments.

A spot story on a pledge from former presidential candidate Andrew Yang for Coronavirus relief in the Bronx.

The story of how a local community group gave children in its under-served community get internet access for remote learning when many fell through the gaps in the BOE's ambitious technology distribution plan.