movies

My Favorite Movies of 2025

In which I host a superior Oscars ceremony

Jan 25 • Bethel McGrew

On what made Rob Reiner great

Dec 20, 2025 • Bethel McGrew

Of John Candy, and his fatness

Oct 18, 2025 • Bethel McGrew

The Lost Boys and Girls of October 7

On the Nova massacre

Oct 8, 2025 • Bethel McGrew

Optimizing Ourselves to Death

On designer babies in the age of Prometheus

Aug 20, 2025 • Bethel McGrew

Marriage in Ten Movies

Portraits of sorrow and love

Jun 10, 2025 • Bethel McGrew

On Jesse Eisenberg's A Real Pain

Mar 13, 2025 • Bethel McGrew

Straight to the Heart

When Disney met David Lynch

Jan 19, 2025 • Bethel McGrew

We Are the Beast

In Am I Racist? Matt Walsh learns more than he wanted to know

Sep 23, 2024 • Bethel McGrew

The Best Pictures of 2023

An Oscars roundup

Mar 10, 2024 • Bethel McGrew

The Hope of the World

On Meet John Doe and how the West lost its faith

Dec 25, 2023 • Bethel McGrew

All Our Guilty Stains

On Nolan's Oppenheimer

Aug 21, 2023 • Bethel McGrew

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