The Movie Club Club

For cinephiles and those fascinated by all things critical, there is no better week each year than when David Edelstein hosts Slate's annual movie club. Without delving too deep into Spielbergian poignancy (ie: I'm neither going to drag out a cute kid and have it weep nor threaten its life after showing how dadgum lollipop sweet it is), this year's movie club bares extra weight, for it is Edelstein's last. After a long run at Slate as the first critic of the internet, he's jumping ship to New York Magazine. And while questions of who is to replace Edelstein's singularly witty, lucid takes on cinema abound, you can stifle the uncertainty with a whole week of movie-critic inside baseball. Savor it folks, who knows if we'll ever have another.