The Weekly Matinee
Kevin GosztolaA space for appreciating the joy of movies, sharing weekly reviews, and exploring the way in which films shape our understanding of the world
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So What If It Flopped—‘Digger’ Is Fascinating And Moviegoers Know It
Few movies released in 2026 can match the gut punch ending in “Digger," a bleak and deeply cynical vision of the next generation of life on Earth
The final sequence in “Digger” is a gut punch, a bleak and deeply cynical vision of the next...
Five Movies My Toddler Taught Me To Appreciate
My toddler opened my mind to several movies that I had dismissed, ignored, or overlooked.
My daughter’s third birthday had me thinking about all the delightful movie moments that we have already shared.
9/11 Cinema: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
Screen shot from the promotional trailer for “Zero Dark Thirty” (Credit: Sony Pictures) | Fair use included for purpose of commentary and criticism.
The vast majority of film critics in the United States hailed Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark...
9/11 Cinema: ‘V For Vendetta’
Screen shot from the promotional trailer for “V For Vendetta” (Credit: Warner Bros Pictures) | Fair use included for the purpose of commentary and criticism.
“We just keep falling into the same political cycles, and that’s what makes the f...
9/11 Cinema: ‘Children of Men’
Alfonso Cuarón's "Children of Men," which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, is also one of the best 9/11 films ever made.
Nearly five years after the 9/11 attacks, the first film to tell a story drawn from the tragedy was “United...
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Journalist/editor of The Dissenter Newsletter at TheDissenter.org. Writer and avid movie fan. A dad living in a west Chicago suburb.
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