Tag: 1990s
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My Favorite First-Time Watches of 2025
The best movies I saw in 2025 that weren’t released in 2025.
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‘The Annihilation of Fish’: Charles Burnett’s Rediscovered Midlife Romance
The filmmaker’s recently rediscovered 1999 movie is amiably off-kilter, but it sometimes seems tonally unsure.
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Parallel Lines
Zeinabu irene Davis’ one and only feature-length movie, 1999’s ‘Compensation,’ has gotten a well-deserved second life this year.
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‘Charisma’ is Not Your Typical Eco-Thriller
But its otherworldly, cryptic chilliness is typical Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
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Crispin Glover Isn’t the Best Thing About ‘Rubin & Ed’
Despite giving the flashiest performance in Trent Harris’ giddily weird comedy, it’s the lower-key Howard Hesseman who runs away with the movie.
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‘The Five Heartbeats’ Invigorates the Biopic Form
Director-star-co-writer Robert Townsend’s initially shrugged-at, decades-spanning drama about the lives and careers of Black, 1960s vocal-group members is lovable even when it’s employing genre clichés.
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The Boundless Energy of ‘She Shoots Straight’
Corey Yuen’s 1990 revenge thriller is a masterclass in action filmmaking.
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‘The Inkwell’ is Marred by Bad Judgment
Matty Rich’s second — and surprisingly last — movie is a pretty good coming-of-age drama until it reaches its ill-conceived conclusion.
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The Infectious Optimism of ‘Better Than Chocolate’
Anne Wheeler’s 1999 ensemble comedy is fun without undermining the struggles of its characters.
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‘Yumeji’ is an Unwieldy, Gorgeously Shot Quasi-Biopic
Seijun Suzuki’s movie about the eponymous painter and poet is almost completely incomprehensible — which proves to not be that bad a thing.
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Jeffrey Wright is the Reason to Watch ‘Basquiat’
Julian Schnabel’s 1996 biopic is handsomely mounted, well-cast, and a little hollow.
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‘Deep Blue Sea’: A ‘Jaws’ Riff for the Post-‘Jurassic Park’ Era
Renny Harlin’s creature feature gives you the goods without changing the formula too drastically.
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