Every review we have published, newest work first. We write about films on their own terms: what they are doing, where it works, and why they have the reputations they do.
Reviews
- Die Hard — Yes, It Is a Christmas Movie, and Here Is Why That Matters
- Patton — The War Movie That Refuses to Tell You What to Think
- Jurassic Park — Wonder First, Terror Second
- The Grey — Not the Movie the Trailer Sold You
- The Man Who Would Be King — Adventure With the Bill Attached
- Planet of the Apes — Satire in a Rubber Mask
- The Right Stuff — Heroism, Publicity, and the Gap Between Them
- Commando — In Praise of Deliberate Absurdity
- Jaws — The Blockbuster That Is Still a Better Film Than Its Reputation
- Iron Man 3 — The Marvel Movie That Picked a Fight With Its Own Audience
- The English Patient — Prestige Romance, Reconsidered
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre — The Horror Film That Shows You Almost Nothing
More is added regularly. If you have landed here from an old link, the review you were looking for may have moved — the list above is the current index.
