Vittoria De Sica’s 1970 Oscar winner is a wrenching (and sadly timely) portrait of slowly creeping fascism.
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Over the course of two movies and a handful of TV episodes, Dan Trachtenberg has demonstrated he’s a sure hand at delivering lean, genre-heavy franchise entries. Trachtenberg’s first feature, 10 Cloverfield Lane, was a tight thriller nominally connected to Matt Reeves’ Cloverfield. Trachtenberg’s latest, Prey, is a similarly impressive entry for the Predator franchise. Prey […]
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The ensemble comic mystery is full of dynamic performances and memorable dialogue, even if it never quite pulls together.
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With three collaborations (and another near-miss), the actor and the filmmaker teamed up at key points in both of their careers.
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‘Nope’ has prompted comparisons to Shyamalan’s alien invasion flick, released 20 years ago – both as a compliment andas an insult.
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After winning an Oscar and achieving the biggest hit of his career, Steven Soderbergh chose to bite the hand that fed him. Here’s how that panned out.
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Robert Altman met Raymond Chandler and took no prisoners in this 1973 masterpiece, now streaming on Amazon Prime.
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BJ Novak’s directorial debut features sharp laughs and even better performances from a deep ensemble led by Boyd Holbrook and Ashton Kutcher.
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This painted attempt to satirize privileged influencers becomes a prime example of what it’s targeting.
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When the Gary Cooper vehicle strode into theaters 70 years ago, it became one of the most controversial – and influential – Westerns of its day.
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For a brief, bizarre time in the 1950s, filmmakers figured they could make a quick buck by catering their pictures to the newly relevant teen audience. Here’s how that went:
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Our mini-reviews of ‘Infared,’ ‘Gulliver Returns,’ ‘Shalom Taiwan,” and more of the new straight-to-VOD fare.
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