Category: the classics
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‘Fargo’ Never Gets Old
The actors, at the top of their respective games, ably straddle the line between the silly and the solemn.
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‘Uncut Gems’ is Like a Heart Attack in a Good Way
For fans of the Safdie Brothers’ manic style, ‘Uncut Gems’ is a solidification of the more-than-promise they showed with their previous movies.
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‘Losing Ground’ Makes You Wish We Got More from Kathleen Collins
‘Losing Ground,’ shot for $125,000, is semi-autobiographical for the gone-too-soon director.
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Everyone is at Their Best in ‘The Irishman’
‘The Irishman’ feels like something of a climax for the lead actors — like their professional lives have been leading to this moment.
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In ‘Parasite,’ the Laughs Cost You
On Bong Joon-ho’s immediate classic.
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On ‘Wanda’
On Barbara Loden’s sole feature-length project.
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It Would Almost Be Impolite Not to Be Enchanted by ‘A Matter of Life and Death’
On Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1946 masterpiece.
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Paul Morrissey and Andy Warhol Do ‘Horror’
On ‘Flesh for Frankenstein’ and ‘Blood for Dracula.’
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Goo
Two great Peter Jackson movies.
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Vibrations
On ‘Monterey Pop’ and ‘Woodstock.’
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‘Trees Lounge’ is Great at Being a Bad Time
What’s most evocative about ‘Trees Lounge’ is that there are no obvious arcs, no excuses for the character, no bouts of for-the-sake-of-misery misery — it has an alive, slice-of-life quality about it that haunts.
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The Growing Pains of ‘Welcome to the Dollhouse’
Todd Solondz has fashioned a great cinematic Bildungsroman.
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