9 to 5
Three office workers (Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton) take down their sexist boss (Dabney Coleman) in this old-school comedy, ie. one with a plot. This feminist farce has […]
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse gives us our fourth cinematic incarnation of Spider-Man. And fifth. And sixth… Like Spider-Man: Homecoming, this animated feature doesn’t get bogged down in romance. This time it looks […]
Short Cuts
Short Cuts is a 1993 Robert Altman film inspired by Raymond Carver’s short stories, not to be confused with Short Cunts starring Tom Cruise and me. Short Cuts may be an […]
Nashville
If I were to recommend a mostly-improvised 2-hour-40-minute film, more than one-third of which is country music, you’d probably say: “How did you get into my house?” But Robert Altman’s […]
Grandma
Grandma is a new comedy/drama from the director of Little Fockers. Wait, come back…! Lily Tomlin gives a note-perfect performance as an acerbic academic, whose granddaughter (Julia Garner, also terrific) shows […]
