Tag: Review
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‘Birds of Prey’: A Major Step Up from Its Predecessor
It’s one of the more invigorating DC-sanctioned superhero features in a while.
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‘The Last of Sheila’ is an All-Time-Great Whodunit
On Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins’ assiduously crafted mystery film.
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Chic Thrills
Notes on ‘The Unfaithful Wife,’ ‘Le Boucher,’ ‘Just Before Nightfall,’ ‘Violette Nozière,’ and ‘Betty.’
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‘Babette’s Feast’: Excellent Gastro-Cinema
It’s a lyrical testament, both narratively and visually, to the often transcendental power of cuisine.
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On ‘Miss Americana’
This Taylor Swift documentary summons a surprising amount of sympathy.
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‘Infernal Affairs’: A Cop Thriller with a Smart Premise
Ambition is like a poison in ‘Infernal Affairs.’
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‘The Beast with Five Fingers’: Look, One Hand!
To watch or read a whodunit is to know, with certainty, that the conclusion of its story will come with the unmasking of someone (or someones) as a villain. The fun of ‘The Beast With Five Fingers’ is the muddying of the cliché.
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‘To Live and Die in L.A.’ and ‘Cruising,’ Reviewed
Two neo-noirs from William Friedkin.
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‘Love Jones’ Deserves More
Theodore Witcher’s 1997 rom-com shouldn’t be relegated to cult-classic status.
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‘Bombshell’: What Shell?
While ‘Bombshell’ doesn’t altogether ignore the ideologies rampant among Fox News figureheads, the film is more committed to glossing over truths and selective veracity.
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Greta Gerwig’s ‘Little Women’ Already Feels Like a Classic
There’s a lot of just-right pessimism in ‘Little Women,’ yet it doesn’t feel like a pessimistic movie.
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‘Two Lovers’ and ‘High Art,’ Reviewed
Two movies about dysfunctional romance.
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