Jason M. Bailey

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Breaking News Editor at The New York Times

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‘Sisu,’ ‘Final Score’ and More Streaming Gems

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Jason M. Bailey

‘Sisu’ (2023)Stream it on Peacock. You have to congratulate the Finnish filmmaker Jalmari Helander for his commercial savvy: With this sleeper hit, he’s concocted a lean, mean mixture of the most joy-buzzer elements of “John Wick” and “Inglourious Basterds.” Set in the final days of World War II, it tells the story of a gold prospector (Jorma Tommila), who looks, at first, like a harmless soul. But he has a past.
Jim Marshall, Iron Man Defensive End for the Vikings, Dies at 87

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jason M. Bailey

Part of Minnesota's famed unit the Purple People Eaters, he started a record 270 consecutive games. Also famously, he once scooped up a fumble and ran to the wrong end zone. Jim Marshall, a former Minnesota Viking who started in more consecutive N.F.L. games than any other defensive player, but who may be best remembered for romping 66 yards into the wrong end zone after recovering a fumble during a game in 1964, died on Tuesday in Minneapolis. He was 87.
Stream These Movies and TV Shows Before They Leave Netflix in June

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Jason M. Bailey

A handful of great titles are leaving as early as the first weekend of the month. Catch them while you can. Oscar winners and tasteful trash get equal footing among the titles departing Netflix in the United States next month, alongside a compulsively watchable crime show, a pitch-perfect Jane Austen adaptation and a cult classic in the making. (Dates reflect the first day titles are unavailable and are subject to change.)Stream it here.
'The Order,' 'The Outrun' and More Streaming Gems

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Jason M. Bailey

A handful of last year's best (yet overlooked) indies are among this month's hidden treasures on your subscription streamers. Stream it on Hulu. This tightly-wound mixture of political thriller and police procedural from the director Justin Kurzel was sadly lost in the shuffle of the year-end prestige pictures.
Liked 'Havoc'? Here are Five Movies to Stream Next

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Jason M. Bailey

Gareth Evan's action film starring Tom Hardy delivers a fire hose of action. If you want the punches to keep coming, we recommend these five movies. The new action extravaganza "Havoc" debuted on Netflix over the weekend with a bang - or, more accurately, nonstop bangs, a flurry of gunfire, spurting blood and breaking bones.
'Ghostlight,' 'Watcher' and More Streaming Gems

Mar 18, 2025 | nytimes.com | Jason M. Bailey

So few films concern the daily lives of the working class, in any meaningful way, that it's sort of astonishing when one comes along that feels so embedded there.
If You're a 'Bridget Jones' Fan, You Might Like 'Crossing Delancey'

Feb 14, 2025 | nytimes.com | Jason M. Bailey

When Warner Brothers released the romantic comedy "Crossing Delancey" in the fall of 1988, it was a modest success, but nothing special. Its reviews were respectful, if not spectacular ("The film's style is deliberately broad, but the actors give it humor and delicacy," noted the Times' Janet Maslin). Its $16 million box office gross (not adjusted for inflation) made it profitable, but no blockbuster.
Stream These 11 Titles Before They Leave Netflix in January

Jan 1, 2025 | nytimes.com | Jason M. Bailey

It's said that they don't make really, truly, memorably bad movies anymore; the basic level of technical competence is too high, and I.P. obsession means that studios play it so safe that no one takes the kinds of big swings that can go entertainingly, disastrously awry.
Three Takes on 'Nosferatu'

Dec 30, 2024 | nytimes.com | Jason M. Bailey

The funny thing is, we're not even supposed to be able to see the original "Nosferatu." When the director F.W. Murnau and the producer Albin Grau approached the estate of Bram Stoker, hoping to adapt his seminal horror novel "Dracula" into a feature film in 1921, the author's widow turned them down flat. Unswayed, the filmmakers went ahead, pressing the screenwriter Henrik Galeen to make a handful of cosmetic changes to obscure their act of plagiarism.
The Unpredictable Jessica Harper Is Back in 'Nightbitch'

Dec 19, 2024 | nytimes.com | Jason M. Bailey

Jessica Harper made risky moves ("Suspiria" over "Annie Hall"), then took time off for family. Her "Nightbitch" role is a nod to her career choices. When she was starting out, "I wasn't really scared of anything," Harper said, adding, "Everything in life was a welcome adventure." Credit... Luisa Opalesky for The New York Times Jessica Harper made risky moves ("Suspiria" over "Annie Hall"), then took time off for family. Her "Nightbitch" role is a nod to her career choices.