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Tim Grierson

Tim Grierson is a contributing editor at MEL. He writes about film and pop culture for Screen International, Rolling Stone and Vulture.

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‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Wants to Worldbuild You to Death

The highly-anticipated sequel is heavier on exposition and explanation than it is on the emotion and ideas that got us hooked on this franchise in the first place

How ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Went From Disappointment to Unlikely Christmas Classic

When Stanley Kubrick’s final film opened in the summer of 1999, most thought it was a misfire. More than 20 years later, it’s now properly appreciated as a strangely appropriate encapsulation of all that’s alienating and weirdly entrancing about the holidays

George Clooney Is America’s Most Average Director

Early in his filmmaker career, the Oscar-winner seemed poised to be a force behind the camera. But as ‘The Tender Bar’ demonstrates yet again, he seems to have lost his passion for directing — so why does he keep doing it?