Category: Reviews
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‘Infernal Affairs’: A Cop Thriller with a Smart Premise
Ambition is like a poison in ‘Infernal Affairs.’
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‘The Beast with Five Fingers’: Look, One Hand!
To watch or read a whodunit is to know, with certainty, that the conclusion of its story will come with the unmasking of someone (or someones) as a villain. The fun of ‘The Beast With Five Fingers’ is the muddying of the cliché.
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‘Two Lovers’ and ‘High Art,’ Reviewed
Two movies about dysfunctional romance.
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The Flesh-and-Blood Spectacle of ‘Desperado’
I hope that for its makers and stars, the burned hair and bonked heads were worth it.
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Bedtime Stories
‘Body of Evidence,’ ‘Dangerous Game,’ and ‘Evita,’ reviewed.
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‘The Mask of Zorro’: A Satisfying Throwback
The film is a delightful pastiche.
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‘Queen & Slim’ and ‘Dark Waters,’ Reviewed
On a stylish lovers-on-the-run story and a paranoid thriller.
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‘Knives Out’ and ‘Honey Boy,’ Reviewed
On a modern-day whodunit and a heartrending autobiography.
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‘Postcards from the Edge’ Has an Unforgettable Mother-Daughter Pair in Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine
The film is imperfect and in ways that should be debilitating. But the writing and the performances cushion the blows.
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‘Dolemite is My Name’ and ‘The King,’ Reviewed
Two new movies.
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On ‘Crash’
You watch it astonished that Cronenberg not only dared to make it but dared to make it with such artful dedication.
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‘The Lighthouse’ and ‘The Laundromat,’ Reviewed
A look at the latest efforts from Robert Eggers and Steven Soderbergh.
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