Tag: 1990s
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‘Crooklyn’: A Family Portrait
The movie functions like an affectionately made collage.
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I Think, Therefore You Are
Horror mavens John Carpenter and Wes Craven took risks in the 1990s with ‘In the Mouth of Madness’ and ‘Vampire in Brooklyn.’
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The Communication Breakdowns of ‘Howards End’
This ambitious, nearly two-and-a-half-hour-long drama additionally functions as a romance, a cultural critique, a comedy of manners, and an ensemble piece.
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On ‘Courage Under Fire’
This intermittently forceful war story, doubles as a kind of detective tale.
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Rebirth
On ‘Malcolm X,’ ‘He Got Game,’ and ‘Inside Man.’
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‘Mississippi Masala’: A ‘Romeo and Juliet’-Style Rom-Com with a Much Happier Ending
At the end of ‘Mississippi Masala,’ we don’t get an end-all, be-all resolution. Instead we stumble into a temporary clearing.
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‘Starship Troopers’ is Classic Paul Verhoeven
On Verhoeven’s 1997 masterpiece.
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A Thousand Stars Burst Open
On ‘The Living End,’ ‘Totally Fucked Up,’ and ‘Mysterious Skin.’
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‘The Comfort of Strangers’ is a Nightmare That Looks Like a Dream
I hate it in movies when at the end, a character wakes up and is relieved to confirm to themselves and us that everything terrible we’ve just seen was a nightmare. Yet if such an epilogue were screwed on The ‘Comfort of Strangers,’ we might some find comfort.
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On ‘The Watermelon Woman’
Notes on Cheryl Dunye’s personal, inventive drama.
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‘Deep Cover’ Challenges Police Procedural Norms
On an invigorating cop noir.
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Beauty is Pain in ‘Death Becomes Her’
Hawn and Streep are both terrific.
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