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P.S.H. I Love You: Avoid the trip to “Cold Mountain”

Cold Mountain
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Philip Seymour Hoffman does his level best to elevate Anthony Minghella’s Oscar-friendly Miramax Western, but even he can’t save it.

Jonah Koslofsky Posted on October 6, 2020October 6, 2020

“The Talented Mr. Ripley” benefits from Hoffman’s skill

The Talented Mr. Ripley
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It’s good, but Anthony Minghella’s 1999 adaptation really comes alive when Philip Seymour Hoffman’s scumbag enters the picture.

Jonah Koslofsky Posted on July 6, 2020July 3, 2020

“Good Will Hunting” was Gus Van Sant’s big swing for the normies

Good Will Hunting
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Gus Van Sant’s Oscar-winning character drama is a safe, middlebrow nuts-and-bolts picture as formative as it is uncreative for the filmmaker.

Clint Worthington Posted on June 22, 2020June 22, 2020

The Assistant Review: A Brutal Condemnation of Complicity

The Assistant
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Kitty Green’s latest incisively explores the systems that protect predators, resulting in something more than a simple Weinstein allegory.

Matt Cipolla Posted on February 15, 2020July 2, 2020

July’s Filmmaker of the Month: Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino
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With his ninth film coming out this month, we look back on the indie titan and his deeply metatextual approach to cinema.

Clint Worthington Posted on July 2, 2019August 1, 2019
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