Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
By Andrew Plimpton January 6, 2021

This is not the sort of film that quietly hooks you. It’s the kind that hits you with electrifying force.
This is not the sort of film that quietly hooks you. It’s the kind that hits you with electrifying force.
Pixar films have always been existential in some form, but the surreal Soul takes it to its logical extreme.
Like Citizen Kane, David Fincher’s film is a puzzle that toys with time structure, interlocking past and present events with precision and wit.
Broadway stars besiege a small Indiana town with musical numbers and narcissism.
A film that is complex and mesmerizing and makes a backdrop as familiar as the American West seem unfamiliar.
A wronged family decides the fate of the wrongdoer on an Iranian reality TV show.
Bored and middle-aged? Need a little more kick in the old life? Try binging on alcohol!
Sienna Miller has something of an Eternal Sunshine–inspired out-of-body experience—quite literally—after a car accident.