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September 26, 2021

NYFF 2021: Bergman Island offers scenes from a creatively fractured marriage

Mia Hansen-Løve's latest wrestles with the creative and romantic frustrations between men and women, with Ingmar Bergman watching mindfully overhead.
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October 16, 2020

Inside the blood-soaked Gothic romance of “Crimson Peak”

Guillermo del Toro's criminally overlooked ode to Daphne du Maurier turns five, and it's as potent as ever.
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August 25, 2020

“Stoker” brought Park Chan-wook to America for a Gothic exercise in style

The director's sole English-language film to date is a simmering, occasionally empty exercise in Hitchcockian style.
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June 26, 2020

The Manic Pixie Dream Girl became a nightmare in the insufferably twee “Restless”

Glib in concept and garish in emotions, Gus Van Sant's quirk-fest is a testament to just how grating the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope can be.
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March 31, 2019

When Johnny Met Tim: Burton, Depp, and the Limits of the Muse

Every artist has their muse, but sometimes that relationship grows toxic and strains - with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, that moment appears long passed.
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March 18, 2019

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Late-Period Tim Burton

Tim Burton's recent films are dismissed as confused (dark) shadows of his career heights, but they contain brief glimmers of the filmmaker's return to form.
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February 13, 2019

Bloody Good Romance: 12 Horror Films to Sate Your Valentine’s Day Bloodlust

Gena Radcliffe and Beau North dig into a dozen gruesome, bloody tales of love and horror this Valentine's Day.
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May 3, 2018

A Preview of the 2018 Chicago Critics Film Festival

The Chicago Film Critics Association’s 6th annual film festival (May 4-10) features some of the year’s best films that might otherwise fly under your radar...