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Grierson & Leitch
November 6, 2016
Tim Grierson
Loving
: Ordinary People in Extraordinary Circumstances
Jeff Nichols’s new film has no patience for sweeping sentimentality or feel-good liberalism.
November 4, 2016
Will Leitch
Doctor Strange
: Marvel’s Surrealist Movement
Cumberbatch lends pride, dignity, and a wry sense of humor to an inventive addition to the Marvel Universe.
November 3, 2016
Tim Grierson
Hacksaw Ridge
: Mel Gibson Wins the Battle, But Loses the War
His first directorial effort in ten years lionizes a pacifist who became a World War II hero, but it never gets to know him.
November 1, 2016
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 41:
Inferno
,
Jackie Brown
,
Bottle Rocket
October 25, 2016
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 40:
Moonlight
,
Jack Reacher
,
Weekend at Bernie’s
October 18, 2016
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 39:
The Accountant
,
Christine,
and
Pink Floyd: The Wall
October 15, 2016
Will Leitch
The Accountant
: Good Will Hunted
Ben Affleck stars in what should be a straight-ahead thriller, but the film keeps tripping over its own incompetent feet.
October 13, 2016
Tim Grierson
Christine
: Her Final Sign-Off
This indie drama about the life and death of newscaster Christine Chubbuck succeeds because of the answers it doesn’t provide.
October 12, 2016
Tim Grierson
Certain Women
: Disconnecting the Dots
In the latest gem from writer-director Kelly Reichardt, the characters are left wonderfully unknowable.
October 11, 2016
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 38:
The Birth of a Nation
and
L.A Confidential
October 7, 2016
Will Leitch
The Girl on the Train
: An Unreliable Director
This adaptation of the bestselling book is hazy in a way that’s more confusing than intriguing.
October 5, 2016
Will Leitch
Newtown
: What Happened Afterwards
This documentary about the Sandy Hook shooting is respectful toward the families, but fails to ask any hard-hitting questions.
October 4, 2016
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 37:
American Honey
,
Deepwater Horizon
, and
Barry Lyndon
September 30, 2016
Will Leitch
Deepwater Horizon
: Fire on the Water
Peter Berg has become the go-to director for the explosive, based-on-a-true story drama.
September 29, 2016
Tim Grierson
American Honey
and the Hard-Knock Life
In Andrea Arnold’s remarkable drama, the American underclass is seen with bracing clarity, insight, and compassion.
September 22, 2016
Will Leitch
The Magnificent Seven
: How the West Was No Fun
The remake of of the remake of Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Seven Samurai,’ loses the thread of its one-clever twist.
September 20, 2016
Will Leitch
,
Tim Grierson
Grierson & Leitch Episode 35:
Snowden
,
Blair Witch
, and
Bullitt
September 8, 2016
Will Leitch
Sully
: A Great Guy, Really a Decent Sort of Fellow
How do you make a movie about an ordinary man who was briefly extraordinary?
September 6, 2016
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 33: Toronto Film Festival and
12 Monkeys
August 30, 2016
Tim Grierson
,
Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 32: The Worst Summer Ever,
Almost Famous
,
Garden State
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