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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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Lynn Shelton’s ‘Humpday’ Is Still the Greatest Bromance Ever Made

This 2009 indie gem, about two straight male friends dared into making a gay porn together, encapsulates everything that was tender and insightful about the late writer-director

The DeLorean Was a Dud. Then ‘Back to the Future’ Made It Timeless.

John DeLorean’s attempt to rewrite automotive history may have failed spectacularly, but his road to ruin inadvertently inspired the Robert Zemeckis summer smash

I’m Not Sure What Exactly Tom Hardy Thinks He’s Doing in the Catastrophic ‘Capone’

The Oscar-nominated performer teams up with the embattled director of ‘Fantastic Four’ to make a bizarre Al Capone biopic replete with extreme acting choices and unintentional hilarity

The New ‘Snowpiercer’ Won’t Rest Until You Acknowledge It’s a Metaphor for Society

Sidney Poitier 101: Your Guide to the Great Actor’s Most Pivotal Roles

Little Richard Invented Sexual Fluidity in Rock ’n’ Roll

Tom Cruise’s ‘The Mummy’ Killed an MCU-esque Cinematic Universe Before It Ever Began

‘I Know This Much Is True’ Makes a Virtue of Its Manly Misery

‘Spaceship Earth’ Is an Inside Look at the 1990s Biosphere Disaster

In ‘23 Hours to Kill,’ Jerry Seinfeld Is a Comedy Machine That’s Broken Down

Jude Law Was Destined for Superstardom. Then Came Chris Rock’s Oscars Monologue.

How ‘Why So Serious?’ Became This Century’s Best Summer Movie Tagline — and Then a Punchline