As his 65th birthday approaches, a survey of the work of the enigmatic Canadian filmmaker, currently on display over at the Criterion Channel.
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Powell and Pressburger’s 1948 masterpiece – now streaming on Amazon Prime, HBO Max, *and* the Criterion Channel – is a great romance, a great tragedy, a great dance movie, and a great backstage picture.
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Apple TV+’s new Billie Eilish documentary offers extensive access, copious music, and even some thought-provoking material on fame and fandom.
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Lee Isaac Chung’s family drama is deeply personal and deeply moving.
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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.
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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.
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Our mini-reviews of ‘Body Brokers,’ ‘Alone With Her Dreams,’ ‘Safer at Home,’ and more under-the-radar VOD titles.
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A look back at the ‘Jaws’ rip-off that was so good, Spielberg poached its director.
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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.
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‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ star Noémie Merlant is back in ‘Jumbo,’ your average girl-meets-amusement-park-ride romance.
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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:
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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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