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1992

“Don’t be afraid, I’m part of the family”: In defense of “Alien 3”

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David Fincher’s first feature may have angered people at the time, but it continues to prove equally daring as a sequel and a debut.

Peter Sobczynski Posted on December 6, 2020December 12, 2020

“Scent of a Woman” proves a putrid example of early ’90s Oscar bait

PSH I Love You Scent of a Woman
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1991’s Scent of a Woman remains one of the most baffling recipients of Oscar gold, a prep-school drama lifted only by an early Philip Seymour Hoffman turn.

Jonah Koslofsky Posted on July 20, 2020July 14, 2020

The True Villain of “Candyman” Isn’t the Urban Legend Himself—It’s Helen

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After 28 years, two sequels, and now with a reboot coming this June, Bernard Rose’s look at racial and economic disparity lingers the most in how it skewers the myth of the white savior.

Matt Cipolla Posted on February 27, 2020July 2, 2020

With “Batman Returns”, Tim Burton Unleashed A Dark Superhero Circus

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Tim Burton’s superhero sequel saw the endlessly strange auteur run away with big studio money to make the most relentlessly weird comic book film ever.

Scout Tafoya Posted on March 9, 2019August 5, 2020

Of Two Minds: Dissociating Ourselves from “Raising Cain”

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With Glass coming out, we plumb through our collective psyches to discuss Brian De Palma’s split-personality thriller Raising Cain.

Gena Radcliffe Posted on January 15, 2019August 3, 2020
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