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04/15/202504/09/2025inDisc/Streaming Guides, Reviewsby Jason Bailey12 min read

The Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: The Brutalist, One of Them Days, Dog Man, and More

Our bi-weekly look at the best new titles on Blu-ray, 4K, and your subscription streaming services.

04/14/202504/12/2025inMoviesby Olivia Popp7 min read

Genre, Adjective: The Films of Corneliu Porumboiu at Visions du Réel

The writer and director Corneliu Porumboiu was a special guest at he renowned Swiss documentary festival Visions du Réel in Nyon. A look at his multifaceted oeuvre:

04/11/202504/11/2025inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Audrey Fox5 min read

Marty and the Male Loneliness Epidemic

“Marty” may have been released 70 years ago today, but its ideas about masculinity and solitude are refreshingly timely.

04/11/202504/09/2025inClassic Corner, Looking Backby Sean Burns6 min read

Classic Corner: 52 Pick-Up

John Frankenheimer’s 1986 adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s novel is a sleazy, hard-nosed urban nightmare.

04/10/202504/08/2025inLooking Back, Reviewsby Steve Erickson4 min read

Pink Narcissus: Queer Fantasy Behind Closed Doors

Pink Narcissus knows the seductive appeal of locking oneself at home to explore one’s fantasy life. It also sees the dangers of doing so. James Bidgood directed it slowly over a seven-year period from 1963 to 1970. During this time, hardcore porn was legalized and the first stirrings of the gay liberation movement began. Both […]

04/10/202504/08/2025inReviewsby Kimber Myers4 min read

Review: Warfare

Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s war movie is a visceral, violent experience.

04/09/202504/06/2025inMovies, Reviewsby Jason Bailey7 min read

We’ve Reached Peak Beatle Movie

With four Beatles biopics on the way and yet another John & Yoko documentary in theaters, a diehard Fab Four fan has finally had enough.

04/08/202504/08/2025inReviews, VODepthsby Josh Bell5 min read

VODepths: What to See (and Avoid) on Demand This Week

Our mini-reviews of “Play Dirty,” “Zero,” “Call of the Void,” and more of this week’s on-demand treasures and trash.

04/07/202504/03/2025inHappy Birthday, Looking Backby Josh Spiegel5 min read

A Goofy Movie at 30: Listening to the Film’s Big Musical Finale

Though the small-scale film didn’t hit big initially, “A Goofy Movie” boasted an earworm of a closing song that helped it become a cult favorite for Millennials.