Tag: Review
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The Hunger
Antonio Pietrangeli’s 1965 black comedy ‘I Knew Her Well’ is one of its decade’s most undersung works.
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Josh O’Connor Makes ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Seem Better Than It Is
The latest ‘Knives Out’ movie is a step down from its predecessors.
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‘The Mastermind’ and ‘The Secret Agent’ Aren’t What You Think
For 425: New movies from Kelly Reichardt and Kleber Mendonça Filho, reviewed.
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‘The Annihilation of Fish’: Charles Burnett’s Rediscovered Midlife Romance
The filmmaker’s recently rediscovered 1999 movie is amiably off-kilter, but it sometimes seems tonally unsure.
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‘Jay Kelly’ and ‘Hamnet’ Want You to Cry
For South Sound: New movies from Noah Baumbach and Chloé Zhao, reviewed.
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Parallel Lines
Zeinabu irene Davis’ one and only feature-length movie, 1999’s ‘Compensation,’ has gotten a well-deserved second life this year.
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‘Peter Hujar’s Day’’s Deceptive Simplicity
Ira Sachs’ low-key, interview transcript-based two-hander is understatedly revealing.
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‘Charisma’ is Not Your Typical Eco-Thriller
But its otherworldly, cryptic chilliness is typical Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
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Do the Right Thing
Abbas Kiarostami’s Koker trilogy-commencing ‘Where is the Friend’s House?’ empathetically sees the world through a particularly well-meaning child’s eyes.
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The Lonely Souls of ‘Die My Love’ and ‘Frankenstein’
For South Sound: New movies from Lynne Ramsay and Guillermo del Toro, reviewed.
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Breaking Points
‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,’ ‘Blue Moon,’ and ‘A House of Dynamite,’ reviewed.
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The Low-Budget Charms of ‘Blacula’
This 1972 reworking of the classic vampire story isn’t very good, but lead actor William Marshall’s performance can be winning.
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