Peg Aloi
Where do you go once you’ve watched the classic Xmas films? Some suggestions.
Films like Ben is Back will not foster an understanding of how drug addiction ravages the lives of the poor, the incarcerated, the uneducated, and the less fortunate.
This blistering new documentary manages to offer a fairly balanced portrait of a man who, at the end of his life, was widely demonized.
This is one of the year’s most heartwarming films; it is not sentimental, but projects a profound sense of resilient joy at its heart.
The Other Side of the Wind may inspire brooding melancholy in some, but it’s also pretty damned fine.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs demonstrates the Coens’ consummate skill for reinventing classic genre tropes, dovetailing deep affection with inspired re-interpretation.
William Goldman was known as a consummate Hollywood insider who nevertheless maintained a reputation as a literary-minded purveyor of exceptional cinema.
Maniac is mind-bending entertainment that’s also an invitation to muse on infinite possibilities.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is not as artful as a lot of what’s on offer now, but this pleasing series kicks off the Hallowe’en season with a bang.

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