“Freddie Gibbs and Diego Ongaro on the Realism of ‘Down with the King'”

But up with this movie, way way way way way up with this movie. Continue reading →

“‘Down With The King’: Grammy-Nominated Artist Freddie Gibbs Gets Disenchanted With The Rap Game & Checks Out”

But up with Diego Ongaro and Freddie Gibbs and Bob Tarasuk. Continue reading →

“‘The Complete Agnès Varda’ Criterion Box Set Is A Spectacular Tribute To A Unique Filmmaking Voice”

My relationship with the work of Agnès Varda began in 2017. Strictly speaking it began in college, when I first saw Vagabond, but when Faces Places opened in 2017, I firmly and immediately put the film on my best-of list for the year and began exploring her films beyond these two, culminating in some words on One Sings, … Continue reading →

Best of Criterion’s New Releases, May 2019

Two French masters, a Montanan master, and an Austrian master all walk into the Criterion Collection and that’s it, that’s the joke. Continue reading →

“Films by Women: Four Movies to Watch from May (2019)”

Knock down that house and let the sunshine in! But mind the souvenirs! And don’t sing if someone else is singing! Continue reading →