An Altman picture doesn't have to be great to be richly pleasurable. He tosses in more than we can keep track of, maybe more than he bothers to keep track of; he nips us in surprising ways. (1973)

/THIEVES LIKE US/ (1974, Altman, ***1/2) There’s a scene in which Keith Carradine dramatically announces, “It don’t worry me.” Foreshadowing.

KANSAS CITY (1995, Altman, ***) Back in the ‘90s you could go to the movies and every few months Jennifer Jason Leigh would be doing a different crazy voice. We didn’t know how good we had it.

Mayor Wu made us proud again today. It’s exhilarating to watch a politician with a backbone remind these creeps that they’re subject to the rule of law. wbur.org/news/2025/08/1…

At Crooked Marquee this week I talked to David M. Stewart about his terrific new book THERE’S NO GOING BACK: THE LIFE AND WORK OF JONATHAN DEMME. crookedmarquee.com/theres-no-goin…

We won again. My favorite part was when a woman at the table next to us asked, “Do you guys have jobs or do you just watch movies all day?”

Chris Hansen comes off as the biggest creep I’ve seen in a film all year, which is saying something considering he’s in a movie about child molesters.

She was in three SPIDER-MAN movies.

Haters 2 Waiters

SPLITSVILLE (2025, Covino, ****) Amazing. It’s like if BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE had the fight scene from THEY LIVE.

At WBUR this week I reviewed Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s lackluster lesbian neo-noir HONEY DON’T! wbur.org/news/2025/08/2…

Super excited to be hosting a Q&A with filmmakers Kyle Marvin and Michael Angelo Covino following this Sunday night’s sneak preview screening of SPLITSVILLE at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. This movie is fucking hilarious. Tickets available here: coolidge.org/films/splitsvi…

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this month's edition of Movie Trivia Night at the Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre. It all happens again on Tuesday, September 16th. Who will unseat the reigning champions, "Has Anybody Seen Tyler?" And will anybody see Tyler?

At Crooked Marquee’s Classic Corner this week I wrote about how Ingmar Bergman’s SUMMER WITH MONIKA first hit U.S. screens on the sexploitation circuit. crookedmarquee.com/classic-corner…

I didn’t think it was possible for Margaret Qualley to get any hotter and then

ICYMI: I’m hosting a Q&A tonight with these sick geniuses following an advance screening of their hilarious SPLITSVILLE. Come to the Coolidge and get an early look at the funniest movie of the year.

At North Shore Movies this week I reviewed Ron Howard’s lurid, campy melodrama EDEN, in which Opie shows off a mean streak that would horrify Aunt Bee. I like him like this. northshoremovies.wpcomstaging.com/2025/08/22/rev…

Walking home through the greatest city in the world on a beautiful summer night after trading dick jokes on stage with two brilliant filmmakers for a sold out crowd at a cathedral of a movie theater. A year and a half ago I was dead on a sidewalk. Now I’m the luckiest man alive.