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September 11, 2020

Criterion Corner: Beau Travail, The Naked City, Brute Force

Claire Denis' hypnotic masterpiece and two rough-and-ready Jules Dassin crime pics pepper this month's Criterion releases.
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July 8, 2022

Both Sides of the Blade is dull no matter how you slice it

Despite its stellar cast, Claire Denis’ latest romantic drama fails to engage with its audience. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch Despite society’s conviction that love..
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May 20, 2022

A review of the 2022 Chicago Critics Film Festival

From indie melodramas to animated tales of displaced shells, this year's critics-curated festival offers up a Midwestern answer to the big boys.
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December 31, 2021

Dickon Hinchliffe on the “lost mixtape” feel of The Lost Daughter

The composer talks about building a retro '60s sound for Maggie Gyllanhaal's haunting directorial debut.
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September 17, 2021

TIFF 2021: The Gravedigger’s Wife & other highlights in African cinema

Three features at the Toronto International Film Festival turn the spotlight on the best and brightest in African filmmaking.
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September 19, 2020

Sex and the Single Woman: How “An Unmarried Woman” changed the game

Paul Mazursky’s 1974 drama captured the complexities of restlessness, desire, and sexuality of the modern ‘70s woman. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch Sex is not shocking..
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October 18, 2019

CIFF 10/18: “The Truth”, “Clemency”, “The Twentieth Century”, “Tremors”

Today's CIFF dispatch includes family drama The Truth, death-row issue film Clemency, Guatemalan queer drama Tremors, and the gonzo Twentieth Century.
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September 7, 2019

Monos Review: Flawed Guerilla Filmmaking

Alejandro Landes' tense, probing portrait of child soldiers keeps its messages as muddy as its setting.