Tag: 1980s
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Purgatories
‘Predator’ and ‘The Last Action Hero,’ reviewed.
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‘A Chinese Ghost Story’ Feels Like It Could Be Recounted Over a Campfire
Just like how even told-to-death, campfire-baiting ghost stories never truly get old if told the right way, movies like ‘A Chinese Ghost Story’ don’t either.
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‘Trouble in Mind’ is Cold to the Touch
‘Trouble in Mind’ is in a state of used to be.
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‘Conan the Barbarian’: The Movie That Made Arnold Schwarzenegger a Star
This is a project manifestly as interested in thrill-giving as it is in milieu-building.
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Lesson in Survival
Five films by Zhang Yimou, starring Gong Li.
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‘The Vanishing’: Darker Than Dark
The film is a testament to an imprecise malice always waiting around the corner — a reminder that anything can happen to anyone.
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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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Chic Thrills
Notes on ‘The Unfaithful Wife,’ ‘Le Boucher,’ ‘Just Before Nightfall,’ ‘Violette Nozière,’ and ‘Betty.’
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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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‘To Live and Die in L.A.’ and ‘Cruising,’ Reviewed
Two neo-noirs from William Friedkin.
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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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Sabor
The evolution of Pedro Almodóvar and Antonio Banderas.
