Tim Grierson is the Senior U.S. Critic for Screen International. His writing appears frequently in the Los Angeles Times, Vulture and Rolling Stone, and he is the author of seven books, including his latest, This Is How You Make a Movie. A member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics, he co-hosts a weekly film podcast, Grierson & Leitch.
The author of Smart Baseball spends his downtime writing film reviews. In honor of Opening Day, he explains why everyone needs to watch Sugar, why Trouble With the Curve is so terrible, and what makes for a good baseball movie.
In his new comedy Lousy Carter, the Numb3rs star plays a miserable middle-aged man with six months to live. He talks about battling loneliness, his memories of Heath Ledger, and why he decided to start telling stories about his Hollywood…
A salute to the directors—including Barry Jenkins, Christopher Nolan and Wayne Wang—who did a lot with very little money.
The Bourne Identity director made headlines by threatening to boycott the premiere of his new movie, Road House. It’s just the latest example of how this idiosyncratic filmmaker can often be his own worst enemy—even when his movies end up…
In her new thriller Sleeping Dogs, the Guardians of the Galaxy star plays a woman who cannot be trusted. She talks about the power of disguises, getting over being an anxious kid and why she swears she’s not trying to…
The star of Late Night with the Devil discusses his lifelong love of horror movies—and how they’ve helped him navigate the terrors of the world and the ones inside himself.
The musician’s new documentary In Restless Dreams briefly mentions his failed 1980 film One-Trick Pony. But that muted, uneven drama deserves a second look for what it says about the man who made it.
The controversial Club Zero filmmaker talks about being provocative—and why she doesn’t believe in right and wrong.
Before Meet the Parents established the Raging Bull Oscar-winner as a comedy superstar, this 1999 hit first signaled De Niro’s pivot from serious to funny, for better or worse.
Despite some flashes of inspiration, protest and pizzazz, the 96th Academy Awards were too routine to capture the spirit of 2023’s brilliant films and the uncertain world outside the multiplex.
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