The Gray Man
Algorithmic, dopamine-dump content
Movies
Boiling Point
Keeping the plates spinning
Elvis
Thankyuhvermuch
The Alpinist
Not for acrophobes
Lightyear
Pandering, magic-free cash grab
The Black Phone
Soulfully scary
Licorice Pizza
Nascent power couple
The Lost City
Generic romantic romp
Firestarter
Misfire
The Story of Film: A New Generation
The industry is changing, as are audiences
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
Remembering a kindred spirit
The Last Bus
No-fun road trip
Top Gun: Maverick
Direct hit!
Military Wives
Feel-good resistance is futile
A Good Woman Is Hard to Find
Mama bear
The Glorias
You go, woman!
Audrey
Still incandescent after all these years
Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness
This can’t have been easy
The Nest
Downwardly mobile
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
And what a voice!
Zappa
This can’t have been easy
Bergman Island
Meta Bergman
C’mon C’mon
Art meets life meets art
Marry Me
I do (not)