Category: Reviews
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On Ingmar Bergman’s Only Horror Movie
The creative process can be nightmarish. But it’s never, at least in my experience, as nightmarish as it is in ‘Hour of the Wolf.’
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‘The Big Red One’: The Glory of War
‘The Big Red One’ has the look and feel of a far more romantic movie but is perhaps even more pessimistic than its more conventionally pessimistically-presenting counterparts.
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‘Birds of Prey’: A Major Step Up from Its Predecessor
It’s one of the more invigorating DC-sanctioned superhero features in a while.
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‘Babette’s Feast’: Excellent Gastro-Cinema
It’s a lyrical testament, both narratively and visually, to the often transcendental power of cuisine.
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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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