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White NoiseW
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December 28, 2022

White Noise is an ambitious but tedious look at the American experience (or something like that)

Noah Baumbach directs a smug & obvious adaptation of Don DeLillo’s wry social satire.
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November 22, 2021

House of Gucci is messy & uneven, but does it with style

For all its flaws, Ridley Scott's based-on-true-events drama about the fabulously wealthy Italian fashion family is a fascinating watch.
AnnetteA
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August 5, 2021

Annette is a bold, beautiful corpse of a musical

Leos Carax's latest is a stripped-down rock opera that oscillates between parody and satire to fittingly uneven effect.
The Dead Don't Die&
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January 31, 2020

“The Dead Don’t Die,” But the Living Don’t Do Much Either

A rare misfire in his filmography, Jim Jarmusch's horror-comedy is an inconsistent mess that's neither scary or funny.
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January 29, 2020

“Paterson” & the Secret Poet Hearts That Beat Within Us

Jim Jarmusch's most gentle, sentimental film finds the lyrical beauty in an everyday working class life.
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January 5, 2020

January’s Filmmaker of the Month: Jim Jarmusch

We ring in 2020 by celebrating the birthday of independent cinema's rockabilly godfather.
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December 18, 2019

In “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”, the Emperor Has No Clothes

J.J. Abrams closes out the Star Wars saga by walking back its more interesting middle chapter and drowning itself in fanservice.
Marriage StoryM
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November 16, 2019

Marriage Story Review: What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted?

Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson & Noah Baumbach are all at their career best in a compassionate look at divorce.
The Report&
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November 11, 2019

“The Report” is a Mostly Successful Political Thriller

Adam Driver delivers another powerful performance in Scott Z. Burns' drama about C.I.A. torture in the Middle East.
The Great Hack SundanceS
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February 2, 2019

Sundance 2/1 Dispatch: The Great Hack, Jawline, The Report, Greener Grass

Two insightful docs about the pitfalls of modern technology pair with a tepid Adam Driver-led political drama and Tim-and-Eric-style comedy at Sundance.