Category: Reviews
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‘The Manchurian Candidate’ is an Arresting Thriller
Demme’s movie arguably creeps under the skin more than the more-unanimously acclaimed 1962 cinematization.
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On ‘Courage Under Fire’
This intermittently forceful war story, doubles as a kind of detective tale.
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‘Cobra’ is a Visual Tour-de-Force and Not a Lot Else
With its sound off, ‘Cobra’ is an exceptional entrée into the action genre.
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‘Phase IV’ Expands on Monster-Movie Limitations
On Saul Bass’ sole directing effort.
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‘Special Effects’ is a Plasticky Hitchcock Homage
‘Special Effects’ brims with good ideas, but a surplus of good but iffily executed ideas do not a good movie make.
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Strange Days
On ‘Host’ and ‘She Dies Tomorrow.’
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Nicole Beharie is Sublime in ‘Miss Juneteenth’
‘Miss Juneteenth’ is an intimate, lived-in drama.
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In ‘The Might Quinn,’ the Central Mystery Almost Feels Besides the Point
This is a film that so expressively creates a milieu, and so observantly cultivates its character dynamics, it could contain no police procedural narrativizing and still make for solid entertainment.
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No Business Like Show Business
On ‘On the Record’ and Showbiz Kids,’ both on HBO Max.
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Doing Too Much
On Ken Russell’s ‘The Boy Friend,’ ‘Lisztomania,’ and ‘Gothic.’
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Bifurcated Romantic Drama ‘Paris Blues’ is More Interested in the Less-Interesting Couple
‘Paris Blues’ has gusto musically and visually; the performances frequently spark. But this is a film whose boldness only comes in glimmers.
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2020 Vision
On ‘Palm Springs,’ ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga,’ and ‘The Old Guard.’
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