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September 18, 2022

Singles at 30: a sweet & sadly forgotten look at Gen X romance

A look back at Cameron Crowe’s charming ensemble comedy about love in the grunge era.
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June 14, 2021

America wasn’t ready for “The Cable Guy”

Audiences didn’t know what to make of a new & deeply unsettling Jim Carrey in Ben Stiller’s dark comedy.
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June 10, 2021

P.S.H. I Love You: “My New Gun” & a leap of faith

Even in his early screen appearances, Philip Seymour Hoffman knew exactly what he was doing.
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March 11, 2021

“Kid 90” shows us the highs and lows of child stardom

Soleil Moon Frye directs this bittersweet albeit breezy look back at the Hollywood teen stars of the '90s, and their difficult road to now.
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February 8, 2021

P.S.H. I Love You: “Patch Adams” is dead on arrival

Robin Williams smarms his way through his misguided, treacly 1998 medical dramedy.
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October 5, 2020

Reeling 2020: “Ahead of the Curve” has all the queer joy that’s fit to print

Jen Rainin's documentary about famed lesbian magazine Curve is a welcome snapshot of queer lit history, in all the publication's ups and downs.
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August 16, 2020

Fantasia 2020: “Free Country” is “True Detective” in the Eastern Bloc

Christian Alvart's remake of a 2014 Spanish thriller turns post-Wall German backwoods into a tense stage for murder and grit.
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July 28, 2020

“Look, it’s the gentleman guppy”: “Waterworld” at 25

Say what you will about Kevin Costner's disasterpiece, but it's a reminder of the time when studios were willing to wade into uncharted seas.
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July 28, 2020

25 Years of “The Net,” and the new age of techno-thrillers

A look back at a time when "the internet" was portrayed as a mysterious boogeyman that could destroy your life.
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July 20, 2020

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

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.