Our editor-in-chief shares his top ten movies of the year – and the ten best older movies he saw, for the first time, during lockdown.
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Our look back at 2020 in movies continues with Abby’s picks for the 10 best movies of the year – and the 10 best directorial debuts.
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At the conclusion of a grim year – for movies, and in general – a brief appreciation of the people and moments that brought us some fleeting pleasure.
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What a year it’s been. I have no jokes, no memes, just an impending sense of tentative relief that this festival of mayhem might be over by this time next year. Among the warped funhouse attractions that America has endured in 2020, the exhaustingly predictable response to a global pandemic tops the list. While most […]
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The hotly hyped sequel to Patty Jenkins’s superhero smash (streaming Christmas Day on HBO Max) is a well-intentioned muddle, overstuffed with missed opportunities.
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Pixar’s latest (streaming Christmas Day on Disney+) is one of their most ambitious efforts, diving into themes of inclusion, empathy, and existential meaning.
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Our mini-reviews of ‘Sister of the Groom,’ ‘Modern Persuasion,’ ‘Boys vs. Girls,’ and more:
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When ‘Miss Congeniality’ hit theaters 20 years ago, it was marketed as a broad, goofy, makeover comedy. But there’s much more happening under its surface.
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Steven Soderbergh’s 2000 Oscar winner retrains its considerable power – thanks to an incongruent but potent mix of cynicism and optimism.
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Mae West’s best films are now streaming on The Criterion Channel, so this week’s Classic Corner pick is her first starring vehicle, the notorious ‘She Done Him Wrong.’
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The new Netflix adaptation of August Wilson’s play is a showcase for powerful performances – particularly the late, great Chadwick Boseman in his final role.
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Thomas Vinterberg’s latest is a complicated beast, mixing revelry, humor, melancholy, and intimacy.
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