Jane Campion’s thoughtful, complex Western drama is one of the year’s best films.
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Our mini-reviews of “Death of a Telemarketer,” “Red Pill,” “Castle Falls,” and more of this week’s direct-to-VOD titles.
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With Warren Beatty’s 1978 version out this week on Blu-ray, we take a look at the various screen iterations of ‘Here Comes Mr. Jordan,’ aka ‘Heaven Can Wait.’
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The new Jane Campion film’s deconstruction of masculinity in the western is quite effective – but it’s not as revolutionary as you might think.
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Long before “Get Back,” Peter Jackson was experimenting with the documentary form in this playful slice of fictional film history.
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Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest is a confident stew of oddball comedy, teen hormones, and ‘70s vibes.
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Ridley Scott’s latest is delicious trash, loaded with soap opera theatrics and overstuffed performances.
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With ‘The Power of the Dog’ on the horizon, a look back at one of Jane Campion’s less acknowledged – but most striking – earlier works.
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Frank Perry’s stark anti-Western (now streaming on Hulu and Paramount+) is a revisionist take on one of the most frequently filmed legends of the Old West.
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Jason Reitman’s take on his father’s biggest hit is, hilariously, far more indebted to the work of Steven Spielberg than elder Reitman.
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The latest from “20th Century Women” director Mike Mills doesn’t match that film’s perfection (few do), but it offers plenty of emotional truths and warm performances nonetheless.
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The Hungarian acrobat, stuntman, horse trainer and martial artist is building a strange career, and a filmography shadowing that of the action icon.
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