Tag: 1980s
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‘Born in Flames’ is as Urgent as Ever
‘Born in Flames’ galvanizes — reminds us that simply believing in something like a revolution is never enough.
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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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‘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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The Startling, Subversive Voyeurism of ‘Variety’
‘Variety,’ so wound up and tormented without a singular release, haunts.
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A Star is Not Born in ‘Smithereens’
On Susan Seidelman’s devastating 1982 comedy.
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Smile Now, Cry Later
On Maurice Pialat’s ‘Loulou’ and ‘Police.’
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The Blissful Myopia of ‘Atlantic City’
Despite the overwhelming presences of failure and missed opportunity — like no matter how hard you try, you cannot effectively, cleanly, run away from your past — it still feels, to me, like an optimistic movie.
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That Most Important Thing
On ‘Cane River’ and ‘Shirley.’
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Presumed Guilty
On ‘Suspect,’ ‘Reversal of Fortune,’ and ‘Guilty as Sin.’
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‘Working Girl’ Has a Bad Aftertaste
With its sitcom-esque inflections, it becomes a cockeyed horror movie.
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‘The Running Man’ is a Silly Media Satire
‘The Running Man’ is too shortsighted for its own good.
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‘Commando’ is a Fun Star Vehicle for Arnold Schwarzenegger
This is paint-by-numbers action at its best: it knows what its viewers expect of it and delivers.
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