Dad Movies

A new microgenre

May 30 •

A tribute to Gene Hackman in 'Enemy of the State'

The greatest performance in the greatest '90s blockbuster

Feb 28 •

Who were the bad guys in '90s Dad Thrillers?

PLUS: One of my favorite websites

Sep 20, 2024 •

One weird trick for fixing Hollywood

Plus: the asylum that raised Will Stancil

Apr 26, 2024 •

What is the civil war in 'Civil War' about?

'Civil War' as an anti-explainer movie

Apr 19, 2024 •

'Dune: Part 2,' annotated

A long, mostly comprehensive, extremely pedantic companion to the 'Dune' sequel

Mar 7, 2024 •

Is there a 'Godzilla' of 9/11? Part Two

Surveying alien movies, plane movies, superhero movies, and '90s movies

Jan 26, 2024 •

Is there a 'Godzilla' of 9/11?

A taxonomy of 9/11 movies, Part One

Jan 12, 2024 •

David Fincher's new movie 'The Killer' is sigma cinema

Fincher as greentext auteur

Nov 10, 2023 •

'Brotherhood of the Wolf,' revisited with Indignity's Tom Scocca

On the charms of "Bootleg Cinema"

Sep 8, 2023 •

and

The William Friedkin Paranoid-Thriller Double Bill

Two overlooked classics from the great director

Aug 11, 2023 •

Who was "The Enemy" in 'Top Gun: Maverick'?

And other questions about the 'Top Gun' sequel

Jun 2, 2022 •

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