The quintessential contemporary character actor’s four directorial outings dabble in a wide range of styles while raising recurring thematic concerns.
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In his inaugural Pee-wee Herman feature, Paul Reubens carved out a comic character worthy of comparison to Chaplin’s Little Tramp.
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The (comparatively) young animation studio behind ‘The Mitchells vs. the Machines’ is all over the map, in terms of style and quality – and that seems to be just what they’re striving for.
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The 2008 comedy, which is all over the streaming services this month, was something of a crossroads for writer/director Kevin Smith – and a tantalizing glimpse at what could have been.
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How the Nine Inch Nails frontman became one of the film industry’s most venerated composers.
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In the spring of 1981, and again a decade later, one of the world’s biggest movie stars tried to shake up his persona. But these things are easier said than done.
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Our mini-reviews of ‘Trigger Point,’ ‘We Broke Up, ‘ ‘Murder Bury Win,’ and more new direct-to-VOD releases.
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The 2015 Gothic horror romance from @RealGDT, now streaming on Netflix, is one of his very best films – haunted and haunting, chilling and lovelorn.
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When it hit theaters 45 years ago, Alan J. Pakula’s Watergate explainer seemed like a giant risk. Some thought on how they pulled it off – and how it plays now.
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Our mini-reviews of ‘Embryo,’ ‘The Slaughterhouse Killer,’ ‘Sugar Daddy,’ and more of this week’s fringe VOD releases.
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The VOD and streaming eras have robbed us of one of the greatest pleasures of the ‘80s and ‘90s: stumbling upon something absolutely inexplicable in the middle of the night on cable TV.
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The queen of ’90s rom-coms has fallen out of Hollywood’s favor – and we’re all poorer for it.
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