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In Review: 'Ferrari,' 'The Teachers' Lounge'
Let's Talk About The Year in Movies: 2023
Have worst-of-the-year lists outlived their usefulness?
In Review: 'All of Us Strangers,' 'The Iron Claw'
Worst to Best: The films of Alexander Payne
What if They Remade ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ and No One Remembered It?
Open Question: What 2023 movie would you urge your fellow Revealers (and poll voters) to see?
In Review: 'The Zone of Interest,' 'Wonka'
Appendix of Cage 2023: The Year in Nicolas Cage Movies
What is the most special DVD/Blu-ray special feature?
In Review: 'Poor Things,' 'The Boy and the Heron'
Written on the Wind: The Director's Cut of 'Texasville'
The 15 Best Movie Posters of 2023
Open Question: What's your favorite movie about acting?
In Review: 'May December,' 'Eileen'
The New Cult Canon: 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer'
In Review: 'Napoleon,' 'Maestro'
What's a movie podcast we should all be listening to?
In Review: 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes,' 'Dream Scenario,' 'Fallen Leaves'
Traveling the Road of Albert Brooks
The ‘80s in 40: ‘Porky’s’ (March 21, 1982)
What is your favorite contemporary director/actor collaboration?
In Review: 'The Marvels,' 'All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt'
The Quaffable Whines of Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti
Twice More With Feeling: 'Femme Fatale' Revisited
Open Question: Who's the king of playing The King?
In Review: 'Anatomy of a Fall,' 'Priscilla'
Worst to Best: The Documentaries of Errol Morris
#85 (tie): 'Blue Velvet': The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time
Are there any animals that should have a horror movie built around them but haven't?
In Review: 'The Killer,' 'The Holdovers'
The New Cult Canon: 'Unfriended'
'The Mist' is the Timeliest Horror Movie of 2023
What's your favorite needle drop in a Scorsese movie?
In Review: 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' 'The Pigeon Tunnel'
10 Thoughts After Finally Watching ‘New York, New York’
Interview: Matt Singer on 'Opposable Thumbs,' his new book about Siskel and Ebert
Open Question: What's the worst date movie you've experienced?
In Review: 'The Mission,' 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial,' 'Divinity'
Of Time and the Filmmaker: Terrence Davies (1945-2023)
Open Question: What horror trope freaks you out?
In Review: 'The Royal Hotel,' 'When Evil Lurks'
Celebrating Two Years of The Reveal
Wes Anderson in the Land of Dahl
In Review: 'The Creator,' 'Fair Play'
Kafka, Polaroids, and Rock and Roll: Three 2023 Rediscoveries
Open Question: What smaller or overlooked movie from earlier this year should people seek out?
In Review: 'Flora and Son,' 'It Lives Inside'
The Best Films of the Year So Far (* According to Metacritic, According to Me): Part II
What movie perfectly captures a time and place?
In Review: 'A Haunting in Venice,' 'Dumb Money,' 'Cassandro'
The Best Films of the Year (* According to Metacritic, According to Me): Part I
When do the differences between true stories and the movies they inspire become uncomfortable?
In Review: 'El Conde,' 'The Nun II'
‘All This and World War II’: The Beatles Movie Nobody Asked For, Nobody Saw and Nobody Remembers
What's the best not-screened-for critics film you've ever seen?
In Review: 'Gran Turismo,' 'Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia'
Redrum Revisited: 'Doctor Sleep' and the Problem of the Impossible Sequel
#88 (tie): 'The Shining': The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time
What film defines the high school comedy for you?
In Review: 'Bottoms,' 'The Elephant 6 Recording Co.'
The New Cult Canon: 'The Duke of Burgundy'
Worst to Best: Music Videos Set in Movie Worlds
Great Songs, Forgotten Movies: A Reveal Subscriber Playlist
In Review: 'Blue Beetle,' 'Strays'
'Slums of Beverly Hills' at 25: Nomads on the fringes of a celebrity kingdom
The Crowded, Lonesome West of Utah’s Kane County
What's your favorite William Friedkin movie (beyond the two obvious choices)?
In Review: 'Heart of Stone,' 'The Last Voyage of Demeter'
The zany, deadly American dystopia of 'Winter Kills'
#90 (tie): 'The Leopard': The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time
In Review: 'Passages,' 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem'
18 Years Ago, Wes Craven Made the Perfect August Movie
Interview: Director Carl Franklin on the career-making 'One False Move'
Open Question: What on-screen nuclear scenario scares you the most?
In Review: 'Haunted Mansion,' 'Talk to Me'
The Winner is Always the Loser on 'Project Greenlight'
‘The Beginning or the End’: Oppenheimer Before ‘Oppenheimer’
Open Question: What's your best-ever theatrical double feature?
In Review: 'Oppenheimer,' 'Barbie'
All the Oddballs Come Out At Night: On 'After Hours'
The '80s in 40: ‘Body Heat’ (August 28, 1981)
Why 'Game Night' is the Perfect Modern Studio Comedy
In Review: 'Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One,' 'Afire,' 'Theater Camp'
#90 (tie): ‘Parasite’: The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time
Open Question: What's your most obscure personal movie tour?
In Review: 'Joy Ride,' 'Earth Mama'
What's your favorite Alan Arkin performance?
In Review: 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny'
Interview: Author Will Leitch Talks About Drawing Inspiration From Robert Altman’s ‘Short Cuts’
The New Cult Canon: ‘The Empty Man’
What is the best song from the soundtrack of an otherwise forgotten movie?
In Review: 'Asteroid City' and 'No Hard Feelings'
What Happens When You Cut Six Seconds Out of ‘The French Connection’?
How would you fix DC and/or Pixar?
In Review: 'The Flash,' 'Elemental,' 'The Blackening'
A. Friend in Low Places: On Treat Williams in 'Smooth Talk'
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: Mike Leigh’s ‘Career Girls’
What product's origin story needs the feature film treatment?
In Review: 'Past Lives,' 'Flamin' Hot'
The Second Acts of Nicole Holofcener and Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Has PG-13 been good for horror?
In Review: 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,' 'The Boogeyman'
The '80s in 40: ‘Stripes’ (June 26, 1981)
#90 (tie): ‘Ugetsu’: The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time
Open Question: What are looking forward to seeing this summer?
In Review: 'The Little Mermaid,' 'About My Father'
The New Cult Canon: 'Memories of Murder'
Tom Hanks’s Debut Novel is Sweet, Dull, and Weirdly Reassuring
Open Question: When do you know it's time to break up with a film series?
In Review: 'Fast X,' 'Master Gardener'
'Light Sleeper': The ghostly souls of Paul Schrader
Worst to Best: Éric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons
Open Question: What's your idea of a great biographical documentary?
In Review: 'BlackBerry,' 'The Starling Girl'
#90 (tie): ‘Yi Yi’: The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time
Open Question: Will 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' be a turning point for Marvel?
In Review: 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,' 'R.M.N.'
‘Owning Mahowny’ at 20: Rolling the Dice with Philip Seymour Hoffman
Was I Wrong to Take a Stand Against Reserved Seating in Movie Theaters?
Open Question: What Stephen King novel should the movies take another crack at?
In Review: 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret,' 'The Eight Mountains'
'Tin Cup': The Zen of Never Laying Up
‘Dreamcatcher’ at 20: What Was That All About, Anyway?
In Review: 'Beau is Afraid,’ 'Evil Dead Rise'
The New Cult Canon: 'Support the Girls'
What's the biggest flop you've ever loved?
In Review: 'Renfield,' 'De Humani Corporis Fabrica'
A Charming Chameleon with a Scorpion's Tail: On 'Color of Night'
The '80s in 40: ‘Heaven’s Gate’ (April 29, 1981)
What's your favorite movie theater discovered while traveling?
In Review: 'Air,' 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie'
The Termite Artist: An interview with Kelly Reichardt
On Memory, Parents, and ‘Relic’
In Review: 'A Thousand and One,' 'Rye Lane,' 'Enys Men,' 'Tetris'
The Expanding Boundaries of David Lynch's 'Inland Empire'
In Review: 'John Wick: Chapter 4,' 'Tori and Lokita,' 'The Five Devils'
Errol Morris' Semantic Fog of War
Interview: 'Colors of Film: The Story of Cinema in 50 Palettes' Author Charles Bramesco
Open Question: Any Final Thoughts on the 95th Academy Awards?
In Review: 'Boston Strangler,' 'Rodeo'
Revisiting 'Amateur' and the forgotten cult of Hal Hartley
How a Little-Seen 1984 Comedy Predicted Our Imminent Artificial Intelligence-Created Dystopia
What's the most undead movie franchise?
In Review: 'Scream VI,' 'Champions'
In Review: 'Creed III,' 'Palm Trees and Power Lines'
Under the Magnifying Glass: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in ’70s Cinema
Worst to Best: The 2023 Oscar Shorts Nominees
In Review: 'Cocaine Bear' and 'The Quiet Girl'
The Hijacking of 'Snakes on a Plane'
“You’re Supposed to Look Good. That’s All.”: When Raquel Welch Met Merchant-Ivory
In Review: 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,' 'Return to Seoul'
#95 (tie): 'Black Girl': The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound's Greatest Films of All Time
What was your favorite unheralded performance in 2022?
In Review: 'Magic Mike's Last Dance,' 'To Leslie'
The 2022 Reveal Subscriber Poll
The Rethinking of Ending Things: On the Final Act of 'Knock at the Cabin'
Open Question: Where do you stand on M. Night Shyamalan?
In Review: 'Knock at the Cabin'
We're living in the world of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 'Cure'
Reminder: Votes for the Inaugural Subscriber Poll are Due Monday
'The Robe': The most influential movie nobody watches anymore
In Review: 'Infinity Pool,' 'Close'
#95 (tie): 'The General': The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound's Greatest Films of All Time
Can a movie that debuts on streaming feel like an event?
Worst to Best: Neon's 2022 Slate
Open Question: What horror film would you add to the Sight & Sound Top 100?
In Review: 'Saint Omer' and 'Skinamarink'
When Did January Become a Movie Dumping Ground?: An Investigation
Talking through the 2022 Sight & Sound 'Greatest Films of All Time' poll: 'Get Out' (#95, tie)
In Review: 'M3GAN,' 'White Noise'
The Best Movies of 2022 (Scott's List)