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    Articles by Robert Horton
    Courtesy Cannes Film Festival
    Hirokazu Kore-eda Drops a Sad Sack into a...
    By Robert Horton • June 21, 2017 1:30 am

    Even with its on-the-nose metaphor, ‘After the Storm’ is beautifully made.

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    Salma Hayek Takes on the Rich in Beatriz at Dinner
    Salma Hayek Takes on the Rich in Beatriz...
    By Robert Horton • June 14, 2017 1:30 am

    With a plot seemingly set up for moral payoff, the film refreshingly subverts those expectations.

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    Courtesy Fox Searchlight
    “My Cousin Rachel” Succeeds as Pulp With Purpose
    By Robert Horton • June 7, 2017 1:30 am

    An exercise in critical thinking, the film forces us to weigh our own prejudices against the screen.

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    Under Its Glossy Exterior, ‘Paris Can Wait’ Is Tone-Deaf
    Under Its Glossy Exterior, ‘Paris Can Wait’ Is...
    By Robert Horton • May 31, 2017 1:30 am

    Full of oblivious privileged characters and well-photographed food, the film is thoroughly off.

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    The ghost sharks are neat, though.
    In the Fifth ‘Pirates of the Caribbean,’ Dead...
    By Robert Horton • May 24, 2017 1:30 am

    The latest in the Disney series is a showy summer rehash.

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    Sifting Through SIFF
    Sifting Through SIFF
    By Robert Horton • May 17, 2017 1:30 am

    The best of the upcoming enormous film fest.

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    Warner Bros.
    King Arthur and the Bros of the Round...
    By Robert Horton • May 10, 2017 1:30 am

    Guy Ritchie’s take on Camelot is a joyless medieval sausage fest.

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    ‘A Quiet Passion’ Is as Enjoyably Eccentric as Emily Dickinson’s Poetry
    ‘A Quiet Passion’ Is as Enjoyably Eccentric as...
    By Robert Horton • May 3, 2017 1:30 am

    What could’ve been a stuffy biopic turns into a fittingly odd ode to its unconventional subject.

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    A Filmic Stand to the Travel Ban
    A Filmic Stand to the Travel Ban
    By Robert Horton • April 26, 2017 1:30 am

    The Seventh Art Stand, a free film festival featuring Islamic works, will take over Seattle next month.

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    Courtesy Film4 Productions
    The Plot-Free ‘Free Fire’
    By Robert Horton • April 19, 2017 1:30 am

    Ben Wheatley’s latest strips the action genre of all but its violent core.

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    Courtesy NEON
    In Colossal, Anne Hathaway Accidentally Summons a Giant...
    By Robert Horton • April 12, 2017 1:30 am

    The premise may be goofy, but the film ends up being much more than a quirky Kaiju flick.

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    Courtesy Saban Films
    Walter Hill’s “The Assignment” Is Unapologetically Deranged
    By Robert Horton • April 5, 2017 1:30 am

    This action flick with an unwanted gender-reassignment surgery at its center is lurid and clunky.

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    Raw Is a Cannibalistic Coming-of-Age Tale
    Raw Is a Cannibalistic Coming-of-Age Tale
    By Robert Horton • March 29, 2017 1:30 am

    Growing up and throwing up in this occasionally uncanny film.

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    “T2 Trainspotting” Exchanges the Original’s Edge for Sentimentality
    “T2 Trainspotting” Exchanges the Original’s Edge for Sentimentality
    By Robert Horton • March 22, 2017 1:30 am

    There might be something here for diehard fans, but otherwise the nostalgia’s empty.

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    Courtesy Disney
    Feeding the Beast
    By Robert Horton • March 15, 2017 1:30 am

    Disney’s live-action ‘Beauty and the Beast’ remake feels factory-made.

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    Courtesy GKids
    The Quiet, Stop-Motion Heart of ‘My Life as...
    By Robert Horton • March 8, 2017 1:30 am

    This animated Swiss Oscar nominee may have lost to ‘Zootopia,’ but its subtle soul shines regardless.

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    Courtesy 20th Century Fox
    ‘Logan’—Which Should Be a Snooze-Fest Wolverine Tale—Is Actually...
    By Robert Horton • March 1, 2017 1:30 am

    With surprisingly solid storytelling and unexpected plot points, the X-Men outing excels.

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    Beneath the Love-Story Gauze of ‘A United Kingdom’ Is a Dense African History Lesson
    Beneath the Love-Story Gauze of ‘A United Kingdom’...
    By Robert Horton • February 22, 2017 1:30 am

    When the heir to the Bechuanaland throne marries an Englishwoman, romantic geopolitical chess follows.

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    Son of Joseph Is Biblical Without Pretension
    Son of Joseph Is Biblical Without Pretension
    By Robert Horton • February 15, 2017 1:30 am

    Even with Joseph, Marie, and a donkey, this film is allegory free and upends expectation.

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    German Comedy ‘Toni Erdmann’ Achieves Legitimate Filmic Madness
    German Comedy ‘Toni Erdmann’ Achieves Legitimate Filmic Madness
    By Robert Horton • February 8, 2017 1:30 am

    A goofy father saves his daughter from corporate drudgery by dressing up as a jet-setting life coach.

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