Archive - The Reveal

Last Call for Entries: The 3rd Annual Reveal Subscriber Poll

You only have until late Sunday night to get your entries in. Time for a weekend binge!

Jan 31 •

In Review: 'Companion,' 'No Other Land'

This week, a horror movie offers a killer robot as its most sympathetic character and an Oscar-nominated Israeli-Palestinian documentary finally becomes…

Jan 30 •

and

The New Cult Canon: 'Anvil! The Story of Anvil'

Life imitates art imitates life in a documentary about a real-life Canadian metal band with uncanny connections to a fictional rock and roll creation.

Jan 29 •

Russ Meyer Amongst the Vixens

A loose trilogy of newly restored Meyer movies confirm him as an auteur in tune with American horniness and American ugliness.

Jan 28 •

Watch Along with The Reveal: 'Blue Velvet'

To mark the passing of the great David Lynch we revisited his 1986 masterpiece via a feature-length audio commentary.

Jan 24 •

and

2:02:15

In Review: 'Presence,' 'Grand Theft Hamlet'

Steven Soderbergh gets spooky and experimental while a new documentary chronicles an unusual staging of Shakespeare.

Jan 23 •

and

The Long Goodbye of David Lynch's 'The Straight Story'

In 1999, Lynch defied expectations with a G-rated Disney movie based on a true story. It wasn't the departure it seemed to be.

Jan 22 •

Under the Sycamore Trees: The Night ‘Twin Peaks’ Went Off the Air

With the finale to the original run, David Lynch patched together pieces of a broken series and set the stage for the rest of his career.

Jan 21 •

Call for Entries: The 3rd Annual Reveal Subscriber Poll

Some years we have a good idea what readers will consider the year's best. 2024 seems up in the air. Make your vote count!

Jan 17 •

In Review: 'Wolf Man,' 'I'm Still Here'

A classic monster gets a revival while the latest from Walter Salles explores a more commonplace threat.

Jan 16 •

and

Richard Pryor Kept Trying to Tell Us Something About His Life

Released in 1986, ‘Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling’ found the comic attempting to tell his personal history. It was one entry in an ongoing…

Jan 15 •

#66: ‘Touki Bouki’: The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time

Djibril Diop Mambéty's film offers a restless, darkly funny, determinedly weird twist on the lovers-on-the-run story that doubles as look at Senegal at…

Jan 14 •

and

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts