Getting Ready for Toronto

We're a little more than a month away from the Toronto Film Festival. I'll be there for Screen International , but today I wanted to...

The Renaissance of Colin Farrell

For the last few years, Colin Farrell has been on something of a roll. Cassandra's Dream , In Bruges , Crazy Heart .... he's deliver...

Le Tigre - "Deceptacon"

It's very possible that Le Tigre's very best song was the first track on their first, self-titled album. In a way, this video is a p...

Back Stage: Gimme Some 'Sugar'

It's a good weekend at the art house. Killer Joe , Searching for Sugar Man , Ruby Sparks and Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry are all worth chec...

'The Watch' Review

The Watch was once called Neighborhood Watch , but after the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case, Fox decided to change the name to be sen...

Trailer Roundup: 'Life of Pi,' 'The Master,' 'Man of Steel'

I grant you that writing about trailers is kinda stupid. It's like writing about an ad. And, yet, I find it really fun as well, in part ...

'Step Up Revolution' Review

There are some bands who aren't particularly great album artists. Each record they put out, maybe they're good for two or three terr...

On the Nasty, Great 'Killer Joe'

Killer Joe will probably corrupt your soul, but it sure is fun -- and Matthew McConaughey is quite good in it. The movie absolutely deserve...

Revisiting 'The Ben Stiller Show'

The Watch opens on Friday. It does not look good. For Deadspin , I decided to go back to one of Ben Stiller's earliest projects, The Be...

Fiona Apple - "Regret"

Fiona Apple's latest, The Idler Wheel Is Wiser... , isn't as immediately approachable as her previous effort, Extraordinary Machine ...

Back Stage: The New Movies That Aren't 'Dark Knight Rises'

You may notice that this week's Screen Grab column is a little light. It wasn't because I was slacking: Other than The Dark Knight R...

The Top Six Films of 2012 (so far)

We're a little more than halfway through the year, so Will and I decided to list our individual picks for 2012's best films to this ...

Giving 'The Three Stooges' Another Chance

The Three Stooges arrives on DVD tomorrow. I was very pleased with the movie when it came out in April and then not very happy when it fai...

'The Dark Knight Rises' Review

And so at last, we come to the end of the Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale Batman trilogy. I adore Batman Begins and The Dark Knight , but ...

In Praise of Christopher Nolan

On Friday, The Dark Knight Rises finally comes out. In its honor, I decided to dig into what exactly has made Christopher Nolan such a form...

Best Coast - "Up All Night"

The final track on Best Coast's new The Only Place . Bethany Cosentino is still a brokenhearted gal, but now she's got more polish b...

Back Stage: Tour the 'Alps'

There's only one wide release this weekend, Ice Age: Continental Drift . It's not so good -- the Simpsons short before it ain't...

Spike

If you haven't read it yet, my buddy Will Leitch's interview with Spike Lee is pretty darn great. Inspired by the article, I decide...

In Praise of 'Do-Deca'

Because the summer tends to focus on big blockbusters and big art-house movies, I wanted to write a little about a tiny indie that started p...

Deerhunter - "Desire Lines"

Some indie guitar loveliness for your Friday....

Back Stage: 'The Do-Deca-Pentathlon' Sure Is Fun

It's not a great weekend for movie options. Savages is OK, The Amazing Spider-Man is OK, and The Magic of Belle Isle is positively dre...

'Savages' Review

Like with Magic Mike , I'm not sure a lot of people will see Savages because of who directed it. Nonetheless, that individual is Oliver...

Movies That Love (and Hate) America

Since it's almost Independence Day, Will and I decided to devote some time this week to picking one movie each that represents all that...

The Return of Matthew McConaughey

We forget this now, but for a period in the mid-'90s, people really had high hopes for Matthew McConaughey -- or maybe it was just me. H...