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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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Rufus Wainwright’s Not-So-Foolish Love

Contentment has been the ruin of many great artists. But Rufus Wainwright wears it well — just like marriage, fatherhood and that fantastic new beard

Jimmy Stewart 101: Your Guide to the Great Actor’s Most Pivotal Roles

Whether playing affable idealists or obsessed lovers, Hollywood’s finest everyman was a master of subtlety and empathy

The Eternal Parody of the Pottery Scene From ‘Ghost’

For 30 years, we’ve been spoofing that Oscar-winning romantic drama’s most famous sequence because we can’t get enough of its sincere, grownup, playful sexiness

A Salute to ‘Weekend at Bernie’s,’ the Stupidest Comedy You Secretly Love

‘Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets’ Pours One Out for a Beloved Dive Bar

Walter Mercado Was a Trailblazer Who Never Let Us See Behind the Mask

In the Time-Loop Comedy ‘Palm Springs,’ the Characters Are Trapped With Themselves — Just Like the Rest of Us

The Eternal Babyface of Matthew Broderick

‘The Old Guard’ Wages a Heroic Battle to Rethink the Superhero Movie

The Origin Story of Will Smith, King of Fourth of July

Family Guy: Hirokazu Kore-eda Is the Master of the Domestic Drama

‘Welcome to Chechnya’ Spotlights an LGBTQ Genocide — And the Brave Activists Trying to Stop It