Tag: the classics
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‘Chungking Express,’ ‘Happy Together,’ and ‘The Grandmaster,’ Reviewed
Three key collaborations from Wong Kar-Wai and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai.
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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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‘Fargo’ Never Gets Old
The actors, at the top of their respective games, ably straddle the line between the silly and the solemn.
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‘Marriage Story’ is a Top-Tier Divorce Drama
The ending allows us to look forward. If it’s contrived, I didn’t mind.
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‘Losing Ground’ Makes You Wish We Got More from Kathleen Collins
‘Losing Ground,’ shot for $125,000, is semi-autobiographical for the gone-too-soon director.
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Everyone is at Their Best in ‘The Irishman’
‘The Irishman’ feels like something of a climax for the lead actors — like their professional lives have been leading to this moment.
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Sabor
The evolution of Pedro Almodóvar and Antonio Banderas.
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In ‘Parasite,’ the Laughs Cost You
On Bong Joon-ho’s immediate classic.
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On ‘Wanda’
On Barbara Loden’s sole feature-length project.
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It Would Almost Be Impolite Not to Be Enchanted by ‘A Matter of Life and Death’
On Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1946 masterpiece.
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Paul Morrissey and Andy Warhol Do ‘Horror’
On ‘Flesh for Frankenstein’ and ‘Blood for Dracula.’
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Goo
Two great Peter Jackson movies.