In Theaters: I audibled away from The History of Concrete last week, so seeing it at Cinemapolis remains my top priority. I’m also planning to catch NAZA there, and Primetime there or at the …

In Theaters: Happy Birthday Cinemapolis! Our local arthouse movie theater is celebrating its 40th with a Free Movie Day on Saturday that includes a screening of a 1916 version of Snow White accompa…

In Theaters: I decided to wait on American Doctor a bit when Cinemapolis announced that they were holding it over for another week, so that remains my top new movie priority. Cornell Cinema Directo…

In Theaters: This is a truly excellent week for movies in Ithaca, and although I’m staying in tonight to watch football (Hail to Pitt!), I’ll be seeing something for six days in a row a…

I started smoking my freshman year of college, as one does, and continued to inhale a pack or two a week for the next ten years or so. I stopped when my oldest daughter was on the way, but the firs…

In Theaters: This week brings two new movies to town that I’m pretty excited about. Although neither Hope nor The Samurai and the Prisoner generated quite enough buzz to crack my “Canne…

Cornell Cinema is not only Ithaca’s oldest movie theater, but also one of the best places in town to enjoy repertory fare and special events, as well as the only venue that still regularly sh…

In Theaters: We’ll be out of town for most of the next week, so the only movie I’m going to be able to catch is former Film Comment editor Kent Jones’s latest Late Fame, which ope…

In Theaters: As you have no doubt noticed if you live in Ithaca, the “collegers” (as my girls call them) are back and that means so is Cornell Cinema! They kick off their fall lineup wi…

The Nitrate Picture Show was on my radar for a number of years before it finally dawned on me that I lived close enough to actually attend it. Despite being more than a decade older and locate…

In Theaters: I recently wrote 2,500 words about director Jane Schoenbrun’s previous film I Saw the TV Glow, so yes: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma opening at Cinemapolis and the Regal I…

Register for Capitolfest now! Capitolfest 23 August 14, 15, 16, 2026 Tribute stars: Charlie Ruggles & Skeets Gallagher Pre-glow movie on Thursday, August 13 at 7:30. min.) SILENT. A French girl (Ann M...

In Theaters: I will be in Rome, New York tomorrow until Sunday to attend Capitolfest 23, my very first time at this event–stay tuned for a “dispatch” blog post in a couple/few wee…

In Theaters: I included Sheep in the Box on my “Cannes 2026 Films That I Am Most Eager to See” list despite bad reviews because I want to see for myself what director Hirokazu Kore-eda …

“It was raining last night and I couldn’t sleep, so I started my favorite TV show again, The Pink Opaque.” So says Justice Smith’s Owen in voiceover in the first scene which…

In Theaters: My Loving Wife and I spent a pretty big chunk of last year catching up with the Marvel Cinematic Universe and consequently Spider-Man: Brand New Day is the movie we’re planning t…

In Theaters: I was lucky enough to catch Rose of Nevada on 35mm at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre last month, and it blew me away. Here’s what I said on Letterboxd after that screening: Ro…

In Theaters: My Loving Wife and I are driving more than 90 minutes to the Cinemark Tinseltown Rochester and IMAX to see The Odyssey on the biggest screen possible, so yes: that’s this week&#8…

The Equalizer 2 ends with an homage to one of the most iconic moments in American cinema, the final shot of my November, 2024 Drink & a Movie selection The Searchers: Writing for the New York T…

In Theaters: I drove seven hours to see Wet Hot American Summer during its original theatrical run with a car full of friends who also cut their sketch comedy teeth on The State, so director David …

In Theaters: We aren’t a Minions household for whatever reason, and the girls are in Canada for the summer anyway, so this is a “meh” week for us for new releases. I didn’t …

A list of 15 films compiled on Letterboxd, including The Dreamed Adventure (2026), Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026), Clarissa (2026), A Man of His Time (2026) and All of a Sudden (2026).

In Theaters: I will be in Chicago for the American Library Association Annual Conference until Tuesday, but I’m hoping to see Bouchra at the Siskel Film Center and make it to a 35mm screening…

Religion stopped working for me sometime between the age of ten and eleven. Born and raised in a part of Pennsylvania that my father used to refer to derogatorily as “fundy country,” it…

In Theaters: The headliner in our household is definitely the free “Family Classics Picture Show” screening of Back to the Future at Cinemapolis on Sunday! This film has quickly become …

In Theaters: A new Steven Spielberg movie is always an event, and people seem even more excited for Disclosure Day (which opens at the Regal Ithaca Mall today and Cinemapolis tomorrow) than the las…

In Theaters: I don’t talk much about box office performance on this blog because what’s a hit and what’s flopping isn’t terribly relevant to my particular brand of cinephili…

This is a full month ahead of schedule, but I’ve already heard 80 minutes worth of new music this year worthy of being immortalized in a mix. Without further ado, therefore, here’s an a…

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