by Sean Palmer | May 6, 2026 | Opinion
Cinephiles like me are giddy that more people are returning to movie theatres. Yes, we’d be even happier if more people remembered they were in public and didn’t show up in their pajamas and toting loads of blankets as they try to recreate their living rooms,...
by Sean Palmer | Mar 20, 2026 | Opinion
Paul Thomas Anderson took home six Oscars for One Battle After Another at this year’s Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Backstage, he tried to explain what he’d made. “Our film obviously has a certain amount of parallels to what’s happening in the news every...
by Sean Palmer | Mar 12, 2026 | Opinion
I enjoy a good blockbuster. I’m not one of those people who think a movie has to be slow, subtitled, or confusing to be worthy of my time. Some of the greatest films ever made were made for mass audiences—Jaws. The Godfather. Schindler’s List. Great art and wide...
by Sean Palmer | Mar 6, 2026 | Opinion
Black people’s pain and humiliation have long been turned into entertainment, from minstrel shows to modern “gotcha” media moments that turn Black suffering into content. The BAFTA broadcast that aired a racial slur directed at Black actors Michael B. Jordan and...
by Sean Palmer | Mar 2, 2026 | Opinion
Marty Supreme, nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, is a chaotic and cautionary tale about what happens when selfish ambition runs amok. It is a morality play and a mirror for modern America. Marty, played by Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet, isn’t interested in...
