“I’m an Introverted Stay-at-Home Dad, Here’s How I’m Coping When Lockdown Threatens Burn-Out”

What? Me, introverted? Yes, and it’s bloody exhausting. Continue reading →

“‘‘The High Note’: Dakota Johnson & Tracee Ellis Ross Have Chemistry, But White Faces Intrude On Black Spaces”

“But she’s got high notes, she’s got high notes / She’s got high apple pie, in the sky notes.” Continue reading →

“‘The Painter and the Thief’ Puts Empathy on Canvas”

Sorry gang, I don’t have a pithy, clever, insightful, or even corny intro to this piece, the movie is just too good. Continue reading →

“‘The Trip to Greece’ Holds Steve Coogan Accountable Like No Other ‘Trip’ Before”

And if anyone can hold Steve Coogan accountable, it’s career Welshman Rob Brydon. Continue reading →

“‘Central Park’: ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Creator Crafts A Funny, Smart Musical Series With A Talented Cast”

Ditch the burgers, gain a park plus tons of musical alums. Seems like a fair trade. Continue reading →

“Hidden Gems: ‘Eyes Of Laura Mars’ Is A Stylish Thriller With Renewed Resonance”

We’re trying something new at The Playlist by writing about things that are old! (And also sort of kinky.) Continue reading →

“‘How to Build a Girl’ Betrays Its Blueprints”

How to build a girl? Start with a good script. Continue reading →

“‘Snowpiercer’ TV Adaptation Confuses Its Class Warfare Ideas With A Murder Mystery”

In today’s edition of “TV shows aren’t movies and movies aren’t TV shows”: TNT’s ‘Snowpiercer.’ Continue reading →

“‘Driveways’ Bids Farewell to Brian Dennehy, Giant with a Gentle Heart”

Not Brian Dennehy’s last-last role, but it might be his last great role. We’ll see once his last-last movies come out. Continue reading →

“‘Deerskin’ Wears Its Mystery Well

Stop the presses, Quentin Dupieux made a movie that I’m not ambivalent about! Continue reading →

“Chefs Tell Us What They Make Themselves When They’re Hungover”

Andy is writing about food now, which makes so much sense that it’s shocking he hasn’t gotten into that market before now. Continue reading →

“‘Trying’: Starting A Family Isn’t Easy In This Honest, Charming Apple TV+ Series”

The first of two Apple TV+ series dropping this month that I actually like, riding on the strengths of Rafe Spall and Esther Smith. Continue reading →

“Best of Criterion’s New Releases, April 2020”

Me, you, and everyone we know, including Destry and the Cremator, take a trip to the Grand Budapest Hotel but get caught out by an army of shadows. Continue reading →

“Is There Anything behind ‘Behind You?'”

A movie with a title this fun shouldn’t turn out this frustratingly amateur. Big wasted opportunity, if you ask me. Continue reading →

“13 Genre Shows And Movies Filling The Blockbuster Void This Summer”

Spend your summer indoors watching things that are not produced by Marvel: Spooky things, violent things, horny things, bone-crunching things, and things that are combinations of each of these. Continue reading →

“You Won’t Forget ‘The Wretched'”

Not a Magic: The Gathering reference or a Nine Inch Nails reference, and mercifully not even a reference to 1980s kids-versus-the-monsters movies. Continue reading →

“10 Horror Sequels That Are Better Than The Originals”

The Bride rejects Frankenstein while a bunch of evil dead take a few wrong turns on a Ouija board. It’s a hell-raising VHS nightmare. Continue reading →

“‘Hollywood’: All The Glitz & Glam Can’t Conceal Flimsy Storytelling”

Oh, Ryan Murphy, you historical revisionist rascal, you. Continue reading →

“‘Sorry We Missed You’ Shows the Sorry State Inflicted on Workers Enmeshed in the Gig Economy”

“And the moral of the story is, don’t buy from Amazon,” he said bravely, having already bought from Amazon. Continue reading →