Tag: bill murray
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The Heavy Style of ‘The Phoenician Scheme’
Wes Anderson’s trademark aesthetic rigor poses thrills and problems in his latest movie.
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Retrospections
On ‘The French Dispatch,’ ‘The Velvet Underground,’ and ‘The Last Duel.’
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Bill Murray Gives One of His Best Performances in ‘Broken Flowers’
I’d have liked it if his Don were less inscrutable. But I suppose the central, mostly unanswered enigma — why is he like this — is also sort of the point.
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‘What About Bob?’: More Amusing Than Funny
Though unambiguously a comedy, ‘What About Bob?’ is a movie borne of nightmare logic.
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On ‘Caddyshack’
‘Caddyshack’ never quite coalesces, but it has its moments.
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‘Stripes’: Joining the Military for the Laugh
Like the previous year’s ‘Private Benjamin,’ military life is broadly made to look sort of fun — the perfect playground for a sitcom.
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Moving Forward, Looking Backward
Sofia Coppola’s latest and ‘Yes, God, Yes,’ Karen Maine’s smart and funny directing debut.
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The Amiable Simplicity of ‘Coffee & Cigarettes’
Jarmusch, despite likely not having exerted too much energy in mapping out the movie, instills in the film a strange unity.
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‘The Dead Don’t Die’ is Minor Jim Jarmusch
The film, by its end, makes for a collection of exceptional performances and jokes strung together by an allegory whose center doesn’t hold.
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