Our final report from Tribeca Festival includes mini-reviews of “Jazzy,” “Checkpoint Zoo,” and multi-award winner “Griffin in Summer.”
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Hal Ashby’s 1975 Warren Beatty vehicle (now streaming on Amazon Prime) is a sharp political commentary — and a crackerjack sex comedy.
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Robert Hamer’s acerbic class satire wasn’t a guaranteed hit for Ealing Studios back in the day. Seventy five years on, it still feels riskier than any current mainstream comedy.
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Our first report from this year’s Tribeca Festival includes new documentaries on Elizabeth Taylor and Powell & Pressburger.
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Esther Williams was an athlete turned actress and now, over 70 years later, we’re still in awe of her athletic feats.
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Our bi-weekly look at the best new titles on Blu-ray, 4K, and your subscription streaming services.
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One of the Criterion Channel’s “Restorations and Rediscoveries” this month is Bob Odenkirk’s debut feature, which is ripe for rediscovery.
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Forty years ago this week, two movies were released that once again proved that the hybrid of horror and comedy works tremendously well.
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Now that Roger Corman has joined all four original Ramones at the CBGB in the sky, we look back at their 1979 collaboration, Allan Arkush’s gonzo punk teen musical.
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Rachel Sennott proves equally adept at comedy and drama with this witty, moving film.
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Nobuhiko Obayashi’s first American release, which slipped under the radar in 1990, returns for a second glance at its tale of an unhappy grocer finding new meaning among Chinese students.
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Our reviews of “The Young Wife,” “Re:Uniting,” “Blind War,” and more of this week’s direct-to-video/VOD titles.
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