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Listen to hear me refer to the June summary as the May summary two-thirds of the time, find out why I think In the Heights was such a success, and learn why I have the same movie in both the Skip [...]

In this bit of audio, I run through the movies I watched in May 2021. Listen to find out what I think of ditzy women leads, how I knew that a movie wouldn’t have a bummer of an ending, and [...]

News of the World ?Directed by Paul Greengrass??Written by Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies? The review: Tom Hanks does his Tom Hanks thing* as he plays a Civil War veteran eking out an existence [...]

Pieces of a Woman ?Directed by Kornél Mundruczó??Written by Kata Wéber? The review: “Young mother’s home birth ends in tragedy” is a phrase that will probably have most of the potential audience [...]

Promising Young Woman ?Directed by Emerald Fennell??Written by Emerald Fennell? The review: If I tell you this movie is a revenge thriller you’ll probably get a very specific picture in your [...]

Nomadland ?Directed by Chloé Zhao??Written by Chloé Zhao? The review: There are few well-known actors I can think of who could play Fern so convincingly,* and I’m thankful Nomadland’s Fern [...]

David Byrne’s American Utopia ?Directed by Spike Lee??Written by David Byrne? The review: It’s not yet been a year since I watched Jonathan Demme’s movie of the Talking Heads’ concert Stop [...]

Never Rarely Sometimes Always Directed by Eliza HittmanWritten by Eliza Hittman The review: Eliza Hittman takes us on a journey worthy of an epic poem* so a young woman can get a procedure that [...]