Tag: december 2021
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‘Mondays in the Sun’ Feels Stuck in a Lull, But That’s Part of the Point
The movie was among Spain’s most decorated films of 2002.
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‘Fletch’ is a Breezy Detective Romp
‘Fletch’ goes by with the odd sense that there is almost nothing to really be worried about, because this preternaturally assured journalist is going to figure it all out.
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‘Get Back’ Casts The Beatles’ Final Days in a New Light
I’d watch the remaining 52 hours of footage if I could.
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‘The Power of the Dog’ is Another Triumph for Jane Campion
The film carries on the director’s long-standing inclination toward the literary.
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‘Between the Lines’: For the Love of the Game
In Joan Micklin Silver’s equal parts bighearted and devastating ‘Between the Lines,’ journalists are put on a pedestal — elevated like characters in a soap opera.
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The Indelible Paranoia of ‘The Parallax View’
The storyline is so rife with close calls and contrived developments that I ultimately enjoyed ‘The Parallax View’ not as I would, say, ‘All the President’s Men,’ which was as mistrustful as it was plausible-feeling. It’s more like fretful, intelligently designed pulp fiction.
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