Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: Pathfinder (1987)

Retelling a Sami legend, Nils Gaup’s Pathfinder is both an act of cultural preservation and a thrilling action-adventure.

Remembering the Film Scholar David Bordwell (1947-2024)

Anton and Anders discuss the ideas and impact of the film scholar David Bordwell, who recently passed away.

The Importance of Friendship and Marriage in the John Adams (2008) Miniseries

John Adams is smart about politics and history but also has a careful eye for friendship and marriage.

Review: Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)

The 2011 movie version of Mr. Popper’s Penguins shows little interest in the classic children’s book, let alone affection for it.

Rome (2005) Should Be In the Pantheon of Great TV Shows

Season 1 demonstrates that Rome deserves to be ranked among the highest achievements of the Golden Age of Television.

Roundtable: Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

The Brothers dig into Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, interrogating its structure, length, and point of view.

Review: Shipwrecked (1990)

Shipwrecked is a competent boys’ own adventure, played without irony, revisionism, or computer-generated fakeness.

Review: Maestro (2023)

Contradiction is the governing thematic and formal design for Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic.

Review: Wonka (2023)

Wonka is more like Paul King’s Paddington movies than either Gene Wilder’s 1971 adaptation or Roald Dahl’s original book.

Review: Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire (2023)

Although there are plenty of enjoyable Zack Snyder trademarks, the final result is never enough of its own thing.

Review: Leave the World Behind (2023)

The hit Netflix apocalyptic psychological thriller is a movie for our moment.

Christmas: Watching Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001) as a Christmas Movie

Anton makes the case for watching the first Harry Potter movie during Christmas time.

Table Talk: Ahsoka (2023)

Anton and Anders debate whether the latest Disney Star Wars TV show is a success or a misfire.

Justified: City Primeval (2023) Can't Quite Fit the Old-School Marshal in 21st-Century Detroit

Justified: City Primeval demonstrates that in 2023 we cannot have a cop show as fast and loose as the original.

Roundtable: Halloween Horror: Island of Lost Souls (1932)

The Brothers discuss Erle C. Kenton’s pre-Code horror adaptation of H. G. Wells’ The Island of Doctor Moreau.

Halloween Horror: The Haunted Mansion (2003)

Eddie Murphy’s The Haunted Mansion is an effective spooky movie for children and families.

Halloween Horror: The Fall of the House of Usher (1960)

Even more than Poe’s story, Corman’s version highlights familiar features of the Gothic.

The Images and the Darkness: Why Sound of Freedom (2023) Is a Focused, Sophisticated Message Movie

With restraint, focus, and power, Sound of Freedom exposes the demand and supply sides of child trafficking.

Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

An imperfect film yet still a classic adventure, mostly thanks to Johnny Depp’s iconic performance.

Review: American Graffiti (1973)

At 50, George Lucas’s masterpiece of nostalgia is far deeper, more complex, more innovative, and more influential than is often remembered.