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NYFF58: “French Exit” is a nice looking but detached trip overseas

French Exit
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Michelle Pfeiffer dominates Azazel Jacobs’ dry comedy about a formerly wealthy widow who travels to Paris for one last hurrah.

Gena Radcliffe Posted on October 10, 2020October 9, 2020

One Woman Finds Her Way in a Man’s World in “Married to the Mob”

Married to the Mob
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Jonathan Demme directed Michelle Pfeiffer in a winning performance in a feminist take on screwball comedy.

Chris Ludovici Posted on February 15, 2020February 16, 2020

Decency is Stifling in “The Age of Innocence”

The Age of Innocence
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Martin Scorsese’s scintillating period romance is a Victorian treatise on the sufficating gulf between desire and decorum.

Chris Ludovici Posted on October 24, 2019October 29, 2019

“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” Helps Break the Disney Remake Spell

Maleficent Mistress of Evil
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Among the Mouse House’s stable of live-action remakes, this sequel to the 2014 prequel goes down a lot smoother than its contemporaries.

Marshall Estes Posted on October 15, 2019October 15, 2019

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

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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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Scout Tafoya Posted on March 18, 2019March 14, 2019

With “Batman Returns”, Tim Burton Unleashed A Dark Superhero Circus

Batman Returns (1992)
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Tim Burton’s superhero sequel saw the endlessly strange auteur run away with big studio money to make the most relentlessly weird comic book film ever.

Scout Tafoya Posted on March 9, 2019August 5, 2020

Ant-Man and the Wasp Review: Marvel’s Latest Shrinks the Stakes

Ant-Man and the Wasp
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Marvel’s first placeholder till the next Infinity War is a more assured caper comedy than the first Ant-Man, […]

Clint Worthington Posted on June 27, 2018July 30, 2020
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