
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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‘Yippee-Ki-Yay, Motherfucker’: How ‘Die Hard’ Made John McClane a Modern-Day Cowboy
Part Old West mythos, part modern blockbuster, Bruce Willis’ most famous line bridged two eras of Hollywood — and became a classic
How ‘Queen & Slim’ Subverts Hollywood’s Lovers-on-the-Lam Fixation
We watch movies like ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ because they indulge a romantic notion that equates criminality with passion. But this new film turns those tropes on their head to examine what it’s like to live in a racist society.
In Rian Johnson’s Movies, Family Is a Four-Letter Word
‘Knives Out’ is a perfect Thanksgiving movie: It’ll make you realize that maybe your own family isn’t that bad after all