Tag: july 2021
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‘Claudine’ Finds Magic When It Can
Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones have immediate chemistry in this great romantic comedy.
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Diane Keaton Plays Against Type in ‘Looking for Mr. Goodbar’
Keaton was just six months fresh from her career-making turn in ‘Annie Hall.’
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Traveling Man
On ‘Roadrunner’ and ‘Pig.’
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‘The Stranger’ is a Family-Reunion Drama with the Lift of a Thriller
‘The Stranger’’s subversiveness, unexpectedly, lies in its optimism — its unspoken plea for open-heartedness.
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‘Choose Me’ is Classed-Up Soap Opera
‘Choose Me’ is made up almost entirely of romantic entanglements.
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Ghosts
On ‘The Trial’ and ‘The Immortal Story.’
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‘Nightmare Alley’ is a Creepy Rise-and-Fall Story
The movie is so rousingly cynical, the possibility of instantaneous death comes off as sort of merciful.
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Slow Deaths
On ‘Black Widow,’ ‘Fear Street Part 1: 1994,’ and ‘No Sudden Move.’
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‘The Lovers’: The Vagaries of Love
‘The Lovers’ was as much of a headache as it was a pick-me-up for its director, Louis Malle, and its star, Jeanne Moreau.
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‘Merrily We Go to Hell”s Downward Spiral
True to its title, ‘Merrily We Go to Hell’ is a movie in which heavenly goodness is in short supply.
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‘Mr. Klein’ is Joseph Losey At His Best
On Losey’s chilling 1976 thriller.
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‘Summer of Soul’ is a Cause for Celebraton
You head home from ‘Summer of Soul’ clinging to any residual bliss.
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