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Monday Movie: The Promotion, by David Bax

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of The Promotion originally ran as a theatrical review. Steve Conrad’s The Promotion has made me rethink my position on Garden State. Stylistically, Zach Braff’s directorial debut...

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Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024: Timestalker, by Simon Read

Alice Lowe is no stranger to the Edinburgh Festival scene. I first saw her performing alongside Richard Ayoade and Matthew Holness in the Fringe stage show of Garth Marenghi’s Fright Knight in the year 2000, when I was a sixteen-year-old...

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Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024: Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust, by Simon Read

Adapted from his short film of the same name, Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust, marks the feature debut oftalented graphic artist Ishan Shukla. While there is a lot to admire in its innovatve craft and graphic design – it is...

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Edinburgh International Film Festival 2024: Bogancloch, by Simon Read

Director Ben Rivers revisits the subject of his 2011 documentary Two Years at Sea, featuring the forest-dwelling hermit Jake Williams. Williams lives a relatively solitary existence in a forested area in the highlands of Scotland known asBogancloch, and the film...

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Patreon: July 2024 Mailbag

This week on the Patreon, David and Scott Nye open up the July 2024 mailbag. This episode is available to Patreon subscribers only. Tiers start as low as $2 per month. Become a Patron! The July 2024 mailbag includes questions about...

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The One Where I Met Your Mother: Season Seven, Episode Twenty: “The One with Rachel’s Big Kiss”/”Trilogy Time”

Natalie and David are offered martinis with Chandler in “The One with Rachel’s Big Kiss” and speculate about future martinis with Ted in “Trilogy Time.” Friends season seven, episode twenty, “The One with Rachel’s Big Kiss’”: Rachel reveals a titillating...

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Monday Movie: Gun Crazy, by Alexander Miller

Every Monday, we’ll highlight a piece of writing from our vaults. This review of Gun Crazy originally ran as a Criterion Prediction. At the risk of sounding too precious or lofty I’d like start by saying Gun Crazy is like Baby Bear’s...

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