The Goods: Film Reviews

The Color Purple (2023)

The Color Purple (2023)

The Color Purple has been through so many layers of adaptation at this point that it’s practically a game of telephone.
Mar 27, 2026
Remote Control (1989)

Remote Control (1989)

For whatever reason, the 1980s remain an endless well of bizarre and inventive thrillers, the kind that surprise you when you find them playing on cable at 1 AM or on a muted bar TV.
Mar 26, 2026
Cabin in the Sky (1943)

Cabin in the Sky (1943)

Cabin in the Sky deserves to be remembered as more than a curiosity of representation, though that context inevitably shapes how you approach it.
Mar 25, 2026
Phantom of the Opera (2004)

Phantom of the Opera (2004)

There is a paradox at the heart of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s empire that Joel Schumacher’s 2004 Phantom of the Opera makes impossible to ignore
Mar 24, 2026
The Top 10 Movies of 2025

The Top 10 Movies of 2025

The year 2025 was not a particular shining beacon for cinema in my eyes
Mar 23, 2026

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