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March 20, 2022

Windfall is a chamber play that’s fun in the moment

Netflix goes Hitchcockian in this collision of the classes.
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September 15, 2021

TIFF 2021: Jane Campion’s neo-western The Power of the Dog is a haunting study of masculinity and repressed desire

The great director Jane Campion and a stupendous cast dig deep into dread and melancholy in one of 2021's finest films.
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July 27, 2021

Jungle Cruise takes you on a spirited adventure, even if you’ve been here before

Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt have a grand old time in this derivative but fun throwback adventure.
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February 1, 2021

“Judas and the Black Messiah” explores two men and a movement

Daniel Kaluuya is sensational as freedom fighter Fred Hampton in Shaka King’s insightful sophomore feature.
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September 13, 2020

I’m thinking of composing things: Jay Wadley on the score for “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”

The composer for Charlie Kaufman's latest talks to us about dream ballets, the strangeness of small towns, and the business of film composing.
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August 27, 2020

“I’m Thinking of Ending Things” will shake you to your core

Charlie Kaufman directs one of the most subtly horrifying movies of the year.
El Camino: A Breaking Bad MovieR
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October 11, 2019

Review: “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie” Is a Killer Follow-Up

Vince Gilligan returns to the fate of Jesse Pinkman in a thrilling, meditative neo-Western epilogue made strictly for Breaking Bad devotees.
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September 27, 2019

NYFF 57: “The Irishman” Is Scorsese’s Most Ambitious, Indulgent Film Yet

Martin Scorsese returns with another long, sumptuous opus, whose crackling performances and scintillating script are held up by some wonky de-aging tech and a leaden runtime.
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December 17, 2018

Vice Review: Adam McKay Vents Spleen About Dick Cheney

Christian Bale transforms into Dick Cheney in Adam McKay's deeply angry essay film.
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January 6, 2018

REVIEW: Hostiles

Scott Cooper’s nihilistic acid Western is as self-serious as it is unrelentingly brutal, for both good and ill. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood..