For the love of “The Game”, David Fincher’s secret masterpiece

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For the love of “The Game”, David Fincher’s secret masterpiece

David Fincher's Hitchcockian thriller is one of his twistiest, best early works.

Gus Van Sant’s “Milk” has soured with time

Gus Van Sant's squeaky clean biopic about the famed gay rights activist marks a myopic and pandering misstep in the director's filmography.

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From death to birth, “Last Days” showed Kurt Cobain fade from man to myth

A look at death as the great equalizer, Gus Van Sant's Kurt Cobain-inspired drama looks at the decay from man to myth—but never legend.

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