Category: Review
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The Low-Budget Charms of ‘Blacula’
This 1972 reworking of the classic vampire story isn’t very good, but lead actor William Marshall’s performance can be winning.
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‘Stuck’ is Among Stuart Gordon’s Best Movies
The horror filmmaker’s swan song deftly mixes the horrific with the humorous.
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‘After the Hunt’’s Shades of Gray
Luca Guadagnino’s higher education-set follow-up to November 2024’s ‘Queer’ is ambiguous to the point of not saying much at all.
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Dancing the Night Away with Dua Lipa
For 425: What I saw at last night’s Dua Lipa concert in Seattle.
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The Slippery, Enigmatic ‘Yella’
Nina Hoss is entrancing in Christian Petzold’s ‘Carnival of Souls’-inspired movie.
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‘Night of the Demon’: Stylish Supernatural Horror Nearly Ruined by Its Producers
Jacques Tourneur’s tampered-with 1957 film proves that his good instincts are better off not being messed with.
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Jealousy is a Disease in ‘2LDK’
This Yukihiko Tsutsumi-directed face-off-style movie packs a punch.
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Daliah Lavi Carries ‘The Demon’
Her fantastic work is sometimes undercut by the movie’s rather clinical presentation, though.
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It’s a Good Thing ‘Opera’ Looks Amazing
Though a marked improvement on 1985’s ‘Phenemona,’ Dario Argento’s last movie of the ’80s is distractingly illogical.
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Delphine Seyrig is Transcendent in ‘Daughters of Darkness’
The actress is magnetic as a villainous character that riffs on the legend of the homicidally vain noblewoman Elizabeth Báthory.
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The Chaotic Charms of ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘The Balconettes’
For South Sound: New movies from Paul Thomas Anderson and Noémie Merlant, reviewed.
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‘Death on the Nile’ is a Cozy Stew of a Murder Mystery
The cinematic sequel to 1974’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ is especially propelled by the infectious fun its star-studded cast seems to be having.
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