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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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A Field Guide to the Early-Aughts Garage Rock Revival Bands (That Weren’t the Strokes and the White Stripes)

Wait, which one was the Von Bondies?

A Short, Silly History of Schlocky 3D Summer Horror Movies

Killer sharks. A rampaging Jason. Some ravenous piranhas. Does seeing these cheesy fright films in 3D help? Usually not.

‘Long Gone Summer’ Whiffs on the 1998 Home Run Chase

This ESPN “30 for 30” documentary chronicles that historic summer when Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa battled for baseball immortality. But it ends up turning the home run into an oddly boring achievement.

Spike Lee’s ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Looks Back in Anger at Black Soldiers’ Experience in Vietnam

‘The Big Lebowski’ Has Never Been Good

‘You Don’t Nomi’ Respects ‘Showgirls’ Enough to Take Its Badness Seriously

With ‘The King of Staten Island,’ Judd Apatow Finally Finds a Screw-Up He Can’t Fix

‘Impeach the President’ Was Written for Nixon, but Hip Hop and Trump Have Kept It on the Playlist

These Concert Albums Will Make It Feel Like You’re There

Netflix’s Terrible ‘The Last Days of American Crime’ Movie Is Too Dumb to Be Offensive in 2020

How Christopher Nolan Became Hollywood’s Most Unlikely Summer Blockbuster Showman

In ‘Shirley,’ Marriage Is a Battlefield