Author: Scout Tafoya

Jethica (Cinedigm)J
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January 15, 2023

Jethica is hardly a cohesive genre exercise

Pete Ohs' high-concept supernatural comedy tries on a lot of hats, but none of them fit very well.
The Pale Blue Eye (Netflix)E
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December 22, 2022

Edgar Allen Poe solves crimes in the near-Expressionist misfire The Pale Blue Eye

Christian Bale and Harry Melling star in Scott Cooper’s latest portrait of nostalgic modernism, a film as enticing as it is frustratingly incomplete. NOW STREAMING:..
The English (Prime Video) Emily Blunt WesternT
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November 7, 2022

The English is an unfocused but mesmerizing take on the Western

Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer carve a beguiling doomed romance against the backdrop of Hugo Blick's intellectualized take on revenge in the Old West.
Hugo FregoneseI
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September 1, 2022

Inside the enigmatic filmography of Hugo Fregonese

We look back at the Argentine director's body of work, just in time for a similar retrospective running at MoMA.
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February 11, 2022

Truth in nonfiction: The documentaries of Sundance 2022

A look back at the highs (and lows) of this year's Sundance documentary offerings.
Tesla&
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August 20, 2020

“Tesla”‘s flights of fancy match the subject of its illumination

In his latest anti-biopic, Michael Almereyda drenches the life of the famed inventor in layers of enticing artifice.
Dead ManT
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January 17, 2020

The Untamed Territory of Jim Jarmusch’s “Dead Man”

Jim Jarmusch's black and white punk Western is both his most beautiful & most baffling film.
The AviatorM
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October 29, 2019

Martin Scorsese Explored the Madness of Innovation with “The Aviator”

Scorsese recovered from the brutal conditions of Gangs of New York with an intimate, tragic portrait of the foibles of genius.
Ermanno Olmi, Il PostoE
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June 20, 2019

Ermanno Olmi: Standing in the Footprints of God

Over his decades-long career, the Italian neorealist crafted films filled with truth, empathy, and kindness.
Tim BurtonH
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March 18, 2019

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Late-Period Tim Burton

Tim Burton's recent films are dismissed as confused (dark) shadows of his career heights, but they contain brief glimmers of the filmmaker's return to form.