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Articles by Robert Horton
Clint Eastwood’s Miracle-on-the-Hudson Biopic, Sully, Bypasses the Brouhaha
Clint Eastwood’s Miracle-on-the-Hudson Biopic, Sully, Bypasses the Brouhaha
By Robert Horton • September 7, 2016 1:30 am

Keeping the action to a mere six minutes, this unadorned film is still a testament to human grit.

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The Movie Madness of ‘The Light Between Oceans’ Literally Froths at the Mouth
The Movie Madness of ‘The Light Between Oceans’...
By Robert Horton • August 31, 2016 1:30 am

Of mucus and melodrama.

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As a Film, Barack and Michelle’s First Date Suffers From Its Foretold Fate
As a Film, Barack and Michelle’s First Date...
By Robert Horton • August 24, 2016 1:30 am

‘Southside With You’ is an interesting, but not necessarily compelling, take on the biopic form.

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Herzog Logs On in ‘Lo and Behold,’ a Philosophical Treatise on the Internet Age
Herzog Logs On in ‘Lo and Behold,’ a...
By Robert Horton • August 17, 2016 1:30 am

One of his many stops in the film is an Internet-addiction rehab center here in Washington.

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Refreshingly, ‘Our Little Sister’ Does Drama Without Villains
Refreshingly, ‘Our Little Sister’ Does Drama Without Villains
By Robert Horton • August 10, 2016 1:30 am

In this film, everybody’s basically all right.

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‘Don’t Think Twice’ Examines the Tensions and Trials of Making It in Improv
‘Don’t Think Twice’ Examines the Tensions and Trials...
By Robert Horton • August 3, 2016 1:30 am

Honest but not maudlin, this movie has a few hard feelings and one thrown punch.

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Bad Moms Is Bad
Bad Moms Is Bad
By Robert Horton • July 28, 2016 1:30 am

This year has seen a slew of great femme-driven comedies, but this isn’t one.

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In ‘Café Society,’ Woody Allen Can’t Find a Pulse
In ‘Café Society,’ Woody Allen Can’t Find a...
By Robert Horton • July 20, 2016 1:30 am

With his pretty new film, the director delivers some sharp jokes, but never gets into a groove.

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Courtesy of Electric City Entertainment
Viggo Mortensen Gets Comfortable in ‘Captain Fantastic’
By Robert Horton • July 13, 2016 1:30 am

But the Matt Ross film still manages to chafe some.

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Visually and Sonically, ‘The Fits’ Is a Wonderfully Weird Debut
Visually and Sonically, ‘The Fits’ Is a Wonderfully...
By Robert Horton • July 6, 2016 1:30 am

After a misfit 11-year-old joins a dance team, her peers succumb to mysterious seizures.

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The BFG’s CGI Is a Test Case for Digital Moviemaking Exhaustion
The BFG’s CGI Is a Test Case for...
By Robert Horton • June 29, 2016 1:30 am

There’s a warm heart under the digital exterior, one that makes us long for rubber sharks.

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‘De Palma’ Is an Uncritical but Robust Look at a Filmmaking Great
‘De Palma’ Is an Uncritical but Robust Look...
By Robert Horton • June 22, 2016 1:30 am

The film underscores De Palma’s keen, sometimes lurid grasp of what cinema is.

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The Other Side Is a Harrowing Journey Through the Ravages of Rural Louisiana
The Other Side Is a Harrowing Journey Through...
By Robert Horton • June 15, 2016 1:30 am

“I acknowledge this film’s power, and still feel uneasy about it.”

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Selections for the Fourth Week of the Seattle International Film Festival
Selections for the Fourth Week of the Seattle...
By Robert Horton • June 8, 2016 1:30 am

Young Obama in love, Viggo Mortensen’s post-hippie fantasy, and more.

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The Screwy Screwball of Maggie’s Plan
The Screwy Screwball of Maggie’s Plan
By Robert Horton • June 8, 2016 1:30 am

The comedy in Maggie’s Plan is on-again, off-again.

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Courtesy Sundance Selects
‘Weiner’ Reveals a Politician Unable to Turn His...
By Robert Horton • June 1, 2016 1:30 am

Filmmakers Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg capture the cringeworthy mayoral run of shamed former congressman Anthony Weiner.

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Selections for the Third Week of the Seattle International Film Festival
Selections for the Third Week of the Seattle...
By Robert Horton • June 1, 2016 1:30 am

Megan Griffiths’ newest, South American noir, Latvian absurdism, and more.

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‘The Lobster’ Is the Perfect Picture of Peculiarity
‘The Lobster’ Is the Perfect Picture of Peculiarity
By Robert Horton • May 25, 2016 1:30 am

Colin Farrell comes out of his shell in Yorgos Lanthimos’s dark, odd English-language debut.

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Selections for the Second Week of the Seattle International Film Festival
Selections for the Second Week of the Seattle...
By Robert Horton • May 25, 2016 1:30 am

Our critic selects the best of the fest.

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Michele Gondry's 'Microbe & Gasoline.'
Selections for the First Week of the Seattle...
By Robert Horton • May 18, 2016 1:30 am

Our critic selects the best of the fest.

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