Tag: 2010s
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‘Bombshell’: What Shell?
While ‘Bombshell’ doesn’t altogether ignore the ideologies rampant among Fox News figureheads, the film is more committed to glossing over truths and selective veracity.
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Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’ Already Feels Like a Classic
There’s a lot of just-right pessimism in ‘Little Women,’ yet it doesn’t feel like a pessimistic movie.
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‘Uncut Gems’ is Like a Heart Attack in a Good Way
For fans of the Safdie Brothers’ manic style, ‘Uncut Gems’ is a solidification of the more-than-promise they showed with their previous movies.
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‘The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show’ is Barely Functional
I’m hard on ‘The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show’ because I sense it might have been more.
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Everyone is at Their Best in ‘The Irishman’
‘The Irishman’ feels like something of a climax for the lead actors — like their professional lives have been leading to this moment.
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‘Knife + Heart’: Sex and Death
What makes ‘Knife + Heart’ such sleazy fun is how well it mixes pleasure and panic before the darkness becomes inescapable.
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Sabor
The evolution of Pedro Almodóvar and Antonio Banderas.
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In ‘Parasite,’ the Laughs Cost You
On Bong Joon-ho’s immediate classic.
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‘The Lighthouse’ and ‘The Laundromat,’ Reviewed
A look at the latest efforts from Robert Eggers and Steven Soderbergh.
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The Deceptive Scope of ‘Ad Astra’
At its crux, ‘Ad Astra’ is an intimate and traditionalist father-son story.
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On ‘Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice’
The documentary is a testament to the singer’s greatness — and the extent to which she’s underrated.
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On ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’
Notes on Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 epic.
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