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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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In ‘Halloween Kills,’ the Real Monster Is Society. Please Clap

David Gordon Green’s sequel to his surprise 2018 hit turns the townspeople’s thirst for revenge on Michael Myers into a critique of America’s reactionary, scapegoating politics. Too bad the movie absolutely bungles the commentary

In ‘The Last Duel,’ Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Want You to Know They Know Men Are Bad

This revisionist medieval drama chronicles a knight’s quest to get justice for his wife after his former best friend rapes her. But the film is most fascinating as a possible mea culpa from the ‘Good Will Hunting’ stars for their own toxic behavior

‘Under the Bridge’ Taught Red Hot Chili Peppers It Was Okay to Be Grown Up

Rock ‘n’ roll has a love/hate relationship with maturity. But for this good-time SoCal funk-rock band, deciding to record a vulnerable ballad about drug addiction guaranteed we'd hear them on the radio for the rest of our lives