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It arrives with something less than the heated expectations of, say, the
It arrives with something less than the heated expectations of, say, the Avengers sequel, but Ned Rifle is…
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This movie never leaves the courtroom or its antechamber, but that’s not
This movie never leaves the courtroom or its antechamber, but that’s not the only reason things are unbearably…
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In the early minutes of Welcome to New York, Gerard Depardieu’s performance
In the early minutes of Welcome to New York, Gerard Depardieu’s performance as a VIP called Devereaux appears…
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The missed rendezvous: such a potent storytelling device, such a tantalizing chance
The missed rendezvous: such a potent storytelling device, such a tantalizing chance to imagine what might have been…
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Until the female lead is revealed to be a grossly mutating shapeshifter
Until the female lead is revealed to be a grossly mutating shapeshifter who devours animals in order to…
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One measure of a good horror movie is not how often you
One measure of a good horror movie is not how often you jump when the monster bangs out…
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For people of a certain age, these names may act as a
For people of a certain age, these names may act as a time machine back to the 1970s:…
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The opening sequence of Wild Tales sets up a Twilight Zone-style series
The opening sequence of Wild Tales sets up a Twilight Zone-style series of revelations, compressed into just a…
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In the geek-show school of documentary, strange pockets of humanity are uncovered
In the geek-show school of documentary, strange pockets of humanity are uncovered so we can laugh at the…
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Last year brought a lot of chatter about cinema’s obligations to historical
Last year brought a lot of chatter about cinema’s obligations to historical accuracy. Did Selma distort Lyndon Johnson’s…
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As a Western shot by a Danish crew in South Africa, The
As a Western shot by a Danish crew in South Africa, The Salvation already has a hodgepodge air…
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Funny and bizarre enough to attract a cult following, Buzzard is also
Funny and bizarre enough to attract a cult following, Buzzard is also off-putting enough to keep its micro-indie…
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It didn’t cop the Oscar on Sunday, but the good news is
It didn’t cop the Oscar on Sunday, but the good news is a few hundred million people have…
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If you are already a fan of Samuel Fuller’s uncompromising pulp cinema,
If you are already a fan of Samuel Fuller’s uncompromising pulp cinema, you’ll be delighted by this new…
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Perhaps it is hard to be a god, according to the title
Perhaps it is hard to be a god, according to the title of this sprawling Russian epic. But…
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There’s no parallel between the American film Boyhood and the French film
There’s no parallel between the American film Boyhood and the French film Bande de Filles, except that a…
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R100 actually seems like a normal movie for 40 minutes or so,
R100 actually seems like a normal movie for 40 minutes or so, even if its setup is a…
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Every outsider who takes Buddhism seriously enough to become a monk must
Every outsider who takes Buddhism seriously enough to become a monk must have an interesting story. I once…
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No shocker that Leviathan is one of this year’s Oscar nominees for
No shocker that Leviathan is one of this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Foreign Language Film. The movie…
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The law of averages tells us there must be years in which
The law of averages tells us there must be years in which cheerful, silly efforts are nominated in…