Will the new Avatar be the last?
We should hope so
Cinema
Friday
Sunday
Please let this be the end of Downton Abbey
Grand? Probably not. Finale? Hopefully.
Wednesday
The genius of Gene Hackman
He was the greatest character actor of the past half-century
Friday
RIP Donald Sutherland, a Hollywood master
He was an actor who, even in the weakest films he appeared in, brought class and dignity
Friday
What’s happening with the SAG-WGA strike?
We may be seeing the death throes of cinema as we know it
Monday
Napoleon heralds the return of the man’s movie
The recreations of the battles of Austerlitz and Waterloo, among others, look peerless
Saturday
So long, Orson Welles
His standing among the cognoscenti has taken a tumble over the past decade or so
Thursday
The importance of going to the movies
Something happens when you watch a movie alone together, laughing, crying and fidgeting in unison
Wednesday
The forgotten art of Hollywood backdrops
The Boca Raton Museum succeeds where the big beasts in LA and New York have failed
Wednesday
The death of the movie star
Hollywood used to run on talent. Today, intellectual property is king
Friday
Where Jeanne Dielman went wrong
Instead of stabbing her customer, she should have killed herself
Saturday
The Whale is meant to hurt you
…and that’s a good thing
Friday
Confessions of a Sight and Sound voter
Reckoning with the subjectivity of ranking the greatest films ever
Tuesday
Babylon is a gloriously magnificent and bloated epic
Damien Chazelle produces his most wildly ambitious film to date
Friday
Could Avatar 2 flop at the box office?
Betting against a ‘visual masterpiece’
Tuesday
Happy birthday Martin Scorsese, the Don of movies
He has given the art of cinema more than virtually any other filmmaker
Wednesday
The real reason straight people aren’t going to see Bros
Billy Eichner is repellant
Tuesday
William Hurt — a life in two acts
His life and work were more than Marvel movies
Monday
Fear thy neighbor
The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense by Edward White reviewed
Sunday
Publish and be damned
Non-Fiction reviewed
