They sure don’t make ’em like they used to. Or at least that’s the premise of my new, homemade Youtube show for PCB, How ‘Bout No? Why waste your time … Read More
Movie Review: Frances McDormand posts “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
The new film from writer-director Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, covers similar thematic ground to his first two feature films, In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths. A horrific crime leads to a spiral of … Read More
Movie Review: Breezy heist flick “Logan Lucky” is a lotta fun
It turns out that filmmaker Steven Soderbergh’s decision to retire from movies was as final as Jay-Z’s much-publicized retirement from rapping. It’s been four years since Side Effects graced cinema screens, but … Read More
PCB’s own Justin Remer pitches his new album, “Note to Self: Act Less Like You”
Well, there’s no easy way to say this, so I’m just going to say it. I made an album. An album of music. You know: songs. Thirteen of them. Well, … Read More
Movie Review: “Person to Person” is a low-key charmer
The new ensemble comedy Person to Person initially seems like yet another character-driven film that adores and idolizes New York City all out of proportion. Thankfully the flick offers much more to jaded viewers beyond that … Read More
R.I.P. George A. Romero, horror film innovator
The father of the modern cinematic zombie, George A. Romero, has succumbed to lung cancer and passed away at age 77. Romero made his name directing one of the all-time … Read More
Movie Review: Offbeat photographer Elsa Dorfman comes into focus in “The B-Side”
The new film, The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography, finds documentary filmmaker Errol Morris in a lower-key mode than normal. The Oscar-winning director behind The Fog of War, The Thin … Read More
Movie Review: Sofia Coppola’s “The Beguiled” is an atmospheric masterpiece
The line separating passionate desire from roiling hatred is so thin that it becomes nonexistent in Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled, the intoxicating new remake of a Civil War-set oddity from 1971, which starred Clint … Read More
Movie Review: “The Big Sick” is a big-hearted true-life romance
The Big Sick was one of my most anticipated movies of the summer, as featured in my Best of the Beast picks a few weeks ago, and I’m happy to … Read More
Album Review: Jeff Simmermon tells funny stories on “And I Am Not Lying”
Fans of storytelling podcasts like The Moth are likely to enjoy the debut comedy album from Jeff Simmermon, And I Am Not Lying. A Moth alum, Simmermon specializes in long, humorous … Read More
Movie Review: “Chasing Trane” praises a humble music icon
The new documentary Chasing Trane focuses on the life and work of jazz saxophone visionary John Coltrane. Coltrane is an icon whose name is known by plenty of people who … Read More
Blu-ray review: “3 Classic Films” from the French New Wave’s answer to Hitchcock
While most of the filmmakers from the ’50s/’60s French New Wave acknowledged their admiration and respect for suspense master Alfred Hitchcock — and even helped to secure his legacy — only … Read More
DVD Review: Jim Jarmusch’s doc about The Stooges, “Gimme Danger”
The new documentary, Gimme Danger, is a brisk and entertaining look at the history of the seminal Detroit rock band, The Stooges, who are often credited with laying the sonic groundwork … Read More
Movie Review: “Hitchcock/Truffaut” revisits the meeting of two great directors
For the past fifty years, the interview book Hitchcock by French critic-turned-filmmaker François Truffaut has consistently been one of the most famous and influential books published about film. It turned the … Read More