Ken Ilgunas
- Dec 21, 2019
Movie Review: "Marriage Story"
Is there a psychological term for when critics band together to fawn over perfectly forgettable and mediocre movies? Delusional...
Ken Ilgunas
- Dec 1, 2019
Movie Review: "The Irishman"
I’m okay calling The Irishman a good movie. I won’t roll my eyes if it gets an Oscar nomination. I’m just not sure why the filmmakers...
Ken Ilgunas
- Nov 25, 2019
Book Review: "Sabrina"
Nick Drnaso's Sabrina is the most 2019 book you could possibly read. It's about conspiracy theory culture, suburban malaise, and how the...
Ken Ilgunas
- Nov 23, 2019
Book Review: "The Problem with Everything"
Meghan Daum is one of my favorite memoir writers and her latest, The Problem with Everything, is very good. It’s a...
Ken Ilgunas
- Nov 17, 2019
There is no crisis in reproduction
This is a solid, if longwinded, NYT piece about how there are many countries that have fertility rates below replacement levels. While...
Ken Ilgunas
- Nov 15, 2019
Who has less taste: us or the cineplex?
[T]he fact is that the screens in most multiplexes are crowded with franchise pictures. And if you’re going to tell me that it’s simply a...
Ken Ilgunas
- Sep 3, 2019
Movie reviews from this week
I had a nice 5-for-5 movie binge this week. Rapid-fire reviews…. American Factory (available on Netflix) is a documentary that juxtaposes...