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Review: <i>Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry</i>
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Review: Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry

Feb 25th, 2021 Kristy Puchko
Apple TV+’s new Billie Eilish documentary offers extensive access, copious music, and even some thought-provoking material on fame and fandom.
Review: <i>Minari</i>
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Review: Minari

Feb 25th, 2021Abby Olcese
Lee Isaac Chung’s family drama is deeply personal and deeply moving.
<i>Paid in Full</i>'s Strange Journey from Half-Hearted Release to Cult Favorite
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Paid in Full's Strange Journey from Half-Hearted Release to Cult Favorite

Feb 24th, 2021Craig Lindsey
Miramax was presumably looking for a typical “New Jack City”-style action movie back in 2002 – and instead, they got a complex, complicated character study.
Bifurcating Bahrani: A Defense of the Filmmaker’s Moral Dramas
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Bifurcating Bahrani: A Defense of the Filmmaker’s Moral Dramas

Feb 23rd, 2021Marshall Shaffer
The filmmaker’s first two features join the Criterion Collection this week, but two of his later films have been dismissed as lesser efforts. Not so fast.
VODepths: What to See (and Avoid) On Demand This Week
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VODepths: What to See (and Avoid) On Demand This Week

Feb 22nd, 2021Josh Bell
Our mini-reviews of ‘Body Brokers,’ ‘Alone With Her Dreams,’ ‘Safer at Home,’ and more under-the-radar VOD titles.
Classic Corner: <i>Piranha</i>
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Classic Corner: Piranha

Feb 19th, 2021Jason Bailey
A look back at the ‘Jaws’ rip-off that was so good, Spielberg poached its director.
Review: <i>I Care a Lot</i>
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Review: I Care a Lot

Feb 18th, 2021Abby Olcese
The new Netflix thriller ‘I Care A Lot’ is a sharply-told tale of con artists and casual criminals, with another knockout performance from Rosamund Pike.
Review: <i>Jumbo</i>
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Review: Jumbo

Feb 18th, 2021Kimber Myers
‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ star Noémie Merlant is back in ‘Jumbo,’ your average girl-meets-amusement-park-ride romance.
<i>The Two Jakes</i>: To Live and Die in <i>Chinatown</i>
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The Two Jakes: To Live and Die in Chinatown

Feb 17th, 2021Jeremy Herbert
The ‘Chinatown’ follow-up, both starring and directed by Jack Nicholson, has mostly been forgotten – perhaps unfairly. A look back at ‘The Two Jakes,’ now streaming on Amazon Prime Video:
How <i>Broken Arrow</i> Tried to Tame the Baddest Boy of the '90s
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How Broken Arrow Tried to Tame the Baddest Boy of the '90s

Feb 16th, 2021Roxana Hadadi
In the John Woo-directed action film, released 25 years ago this month, Christian Slater attempted to bend his Gen-X bad boy persona into a ‘90s popcorn mold.
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