Jesse Hassenger

Contributing Writer

Jesse Hassenger's film and culture criticism has appeared in The Onion's A.V. Club, Brooklyn Magazine, and Men's Journal online, among others. He lives in Brooklyn, where he also writes fiction, edits textbooks, and helps run SportsAlcohol.com, a pop culture blog and podcast.

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Opinion

An indie director plus a big budget equals The Northman

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Opinion

Seeking redemption in Father Stu

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Opinion

Pining for a Best Chris movie

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Opinion

The Oscars' greatest nail-biter

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Opinion

Sandra Bullock's one last (rom-com) job

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Opinion

Colin Farrell's best comeback ever

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Opinion

In defense of Gal Gadot's Death on the Nile performance

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Opinion

Moonfall is a vintage big-ticket disaster movie

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Opinion

Woody Allen goes out with a whimper

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Opinion

The too-muchness of Nightmare Alley

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence.

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Opinion

Lectures over laughs?

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Opinion

West Side Story is not an old man's movie

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Opinion

The dreamy music video aesthetics of Licorice Pizza

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Opinion

Matt Damon's American masculinity

Feature

Kristen Wiig's belated Bridesmaids follow-up

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Feature

Amy Adams is too good to do something like Hillbilly Elegy

Feature

The welcome return of sad Ben Affleck

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Feature

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, movie star

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Analysis

Why are the Oscars trying to be the Grammys?

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Feature

What was it like to work for Harvey Weinstein? The Assistant shows the everyday weight of harassment.

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Feature

The Lion King remake shows some stories aren't meant to be told in 'live-action'

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Feature

The not-so-parallel careers of Robert Downey Jr. and Will Smith

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Feature

In defense of middlebrow Sam Mendes

Feature

Cats only inspires one question: Why?

Analysis

Richard Jewell is Clint Eastwood's latest film to go small

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Feature

Queen & Slim shows Hollywood is still learning how to grapple with police shootings

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Feature

The rich comedic tradition of beefcakes taking care of kids

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Feature

Joaquin Phoenix's Joker struggles in the shadow of the actors who came before him

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Feature

Jennifer Lopez is the new Al Pacino

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Feature

Why movie studios should start thinking differently about Labor Day

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Feature

Hobbs & Shaw's late-blooming stars

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Feature

Dark Phoenix is a fitting end, if it is the end, to the X-Men franchise

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Analysis

Adam Sandler is good again

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Feature

Avengers: Endgame gets back to the best part of the series — the characters

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Analysis

How a little secrecy gives Captain Marvel a stronger story

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Analysis

The many violent fantasies of Liam Neeson