Tag: april 2023
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The Still-Raw Pain of ‘McQueen’
Released less than a decade after the tragic death of its subject, the Scottish fashion designer Alexander McQueen, ‘McQueen’ is a documentary whose overhanging sadness has the consistency of paint that hasn’t yet dried.
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‘Evil Dead Rise’ is a Relentlessly Good Scare
This bracing new sequel forsakes the original trilogy’s sense of humor for more straightforward frights.
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Diana Ross, Stranded, in ‘Mahogany’
She’s the only good thing about this dour, overly cynical fashion melodrama.
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‘Conan the Destroyer’ is a Lame Sequel
It does have its moments, though.
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‘Catwalk’ is a Slight, But Fun, Fashion Documentary
Using the not-that-interesting Christy Turlington as its dramatic conduit, ‘Catwalk’ gives us an entertaining peek behind the curtain of the fashion industry circa 1994.
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River Deep, Mountain High: Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival Brings New Programming to North Bend
After a stop by the North Bend Theatre in December, the world-touring Banff event returns this month with a fresh spate of shorts.
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Nicolas Cage Vamps It Up in ‘Renfield’
‘Renfield’ is unsurprisingly best when Cage is on screen.
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‘Designing Woman’ is Colorful Nonsense
This romantic comedy is bad at pretty much everything it tries, yet it manages to be pretty fun anyway.
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‘Air’ is Charming Nike Propaganda
Plus: ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ is a tense eco-thriller.
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‘Vamp’ is a Showcase for Grace Jones’ Mere Presence
The multihyphenate doesn’t nearly get enough to do, but her handful of scenes loom largely over a surprisingly strong teen horror movie.
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You Feel Like You Could Watch ‘Unzipped’ Forever
On one of the great fashion documentaries.
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Pop Culture Road Trips of the Pacific Northwest
Our collection of summer road-trip ideas is inspired by fan-favorite shows, movies, and books influenced by or made in the Pacific Northwest.
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