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Friday, April 16, 2021

My Octopus Teacher

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Why ‘My Octopus Teacher’ Will School the Oscars

April 16, 2021April 16, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Collective, Craig Foster, Crip Camp, James Reed, March of the Penguins, My Octopus Teacher, Netflix, Octopussy, Pippa Erlich, The Mole Agent

The Academy loves New Age high-concept documentaries

Top Chef

Featured Stories Gaming TELEVISION

Who Will Win Pandemic ‘Top Chef’?

April 15, 2021April 16, 2021 Daniel Cohen 0 Comments Avishar Barua, Byron Gomez, Chris Viaud, Dawn Burrell, Gabe Erales, Gabriel Pascuzzi, Jamie Tran, Kiki Louya, Maria Mazon, Nelson German, Sara Hauman, Sasha Grumman, Shota Nakajima, Top Chef

We lay the odds

south korean movie

Featured Stories FILM Netflix

Despite Venue Closures, the South Korean Movie Industry is Thriving

April 14, 2021April 15, 2021 William Schwartz 0 Comments Burning, Dragon Inn, Flix Patrol, Lee Chang-dong, Netflix, Park Shin-hye, South Korea, Space Sweepers, The Call

It turns out empty theaters don’t matter to the bottom line

Jeopardy!

Featured Stories Gaming TELEVISION

Who Will Be the Permanent Host of ‘Jeopardy!’?

April 14, 2021April 16, 2021 Daniel Cohen 4 Comments A Coney Island of the Mind, Aaron Rodgers, Alexander Nanau, Bill Whitaker, Brockmire, Dr. Oz, Hank Azaria, Jeopardy!, Katie Couric, Ken Jennings, LeVar Burton, Mayim Bialik, Sanjay Gupta, Savannah Guthrie, Tom Brady

Hint: Dr. Oz is a big longshot

Bad Trip

Not Such a ‘Bad Trip’

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Bad Grandpa, Bad Trip, Eric Andre, Jackass, Lil Rel Howery, Tiffany Haddish, White Chicks

Netflix’s Eric André prank movie gets the set pieces right

Arclight

Featured Stories FILM

The Arclight is Dead. It Didn’t Have to Die.

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Alamo Drafthouse, ArcLight, Black Widow, COVID-19, James Bond, Murder On The Orient Express, Tenet, Unhinged, Wes Anderson

Government regulations and a scared media killed it, not the virus

Thunder Force

‘Thunder Force’, Not Really a Blockbuster

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 Kristin Clifford 0 Comments Ben Falcone, Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer, Shazam!, Thunder Force

Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer gain superpowers in an OK Netflix comedy

Detransition, Baby

FICTION Politics

The Saga of ‘Detransition, Baby’

April 12, 2021April 16, 2021 Katie Smith 0 Comments Carmen Maria Machado, Detransition Baby, Elmer MacBride, Garth Greenwell, JK Rowling, Torrey Peters, Wild Women Writing Club, Women's Prize for Fiction

U.K. Women’s Prize nomination earns anti-trans backlash

Graphic Memoirs

Three Masterful New Graphic Memoirs

April 12, 2021April 13, 2021 Elaine Margolin 0 Comments Alison Bechdel, And Now I Spill The Family Secrets, Fictional Father, Fun Home, graphic memoir, Joe Oldman, Margaret Kimball, the Secret to Superhuman Strength

The form reveals uncomfortable truths of which even the authors seem unaware

Concrete Cowboy

Idris Elba Rides the North Philly Range in ‘Concrete Cowboy’

April 9, 2021April 14, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Caleb McLaughlin, Concrete Cowboy, Idris Elba, Jharrel Jerome

A subculture comes to life in this Netflix urban melodrama

Voyagers

‘Voyagers’ is All Foreplay, No Fornication

April 9, 2021April 13, 2021 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Colin Farrell, Neil Burger, Tye Sheridan, Voyagers

Sexy teens in space on a real snooze cruise

Red Skull

COMICS Politics

Jordan Peterson is the Red Skull: Secret Wars

April 8, 2021April 14, 2021 William Schwartz 2 Comments Captain America, Jordan Peterson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, the Red Skull

Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates turns Peterson into Captain America’s arch-nemesis

My Salinger Year

FILM NON-FICTION

We Finally Get To See ‘My Salinger Year’

April 7, 2021April 12, 2021 Michael Washburn 0 Comments IFC Film Center, J.D. Salinger, Joanna Rakoff, Margaret Qualley, My Salinger Year, Philippe Falardeau, Sigourney Weaver

IFC’s reopening in New York City brings adaptation of Joanna Rakoff’s memoir to the world

31 Days of Oscar

The Return of ’31 Days of Oscar’

April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments 31 Days Of Oscar, Alexander Payne, Angela Lansbury, Gaslight, Hope and Glory, Ingrid Bergman, John Boorman, La Ronde, Max Ophuls, Nebraska, Simone Signoret, TCM, Turner Classic Movies

Turner Classic Movies highlights classics and new favorites this month

Banned Book List

FICTION NON-FICTION Politics

The ALA’s Annual Banned Book List: A Sobering Snapshot of American Censorship

April 6, 2021April 9, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Alex Gino, All American Boys, American Library Association, Banned Book List, Brendan Kiely, George, Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds, John Steinbeck, Laurie Halse Anderson, Of Mice and Men, Something Happened In Our Town, Speak, Stamped, To Kill A Mockingbird

Parents and school boards still want to pull titles from shelves

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