SuperFly, a modern-day remake of the 1972 blaxploitation classic — about a successful cocaine dealer of color who wants to get […]
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Pride Month was ushered in this year by A Kid Like Jake, a tender adaptation of Daniel Pearle’s play about a […]
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With a hint of wistfulness to give it some weight, Hearts Beat Loud is a happy, sunshiny movie about saying goodbye, letting […]
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Arguably the first mainstream American film to portray contemporary occultism in depth, Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby — released 50 years ago this […]
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Nestled among this spring’s blockbusters, two mid-tier comedies – Overboard and Life of the Party – provided audiences with alternatives in […]
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The John Wick movies have a hotel, The Continental, that’s exclusively for assassins, where a code of conduct (e.g., no “working” on […]
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Remember how Danny Ocean needed 10 friends (and then 11, and then 12) to pull off his heists? In Ocean’s Eight, […]
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I didn’t grow up with Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (or Sesame Street, for that matter). We didn’t have cable yet when I was […]
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Four movies deep and 20 degrees down, my brother and I were the last ones left at the Aut-O-Rama Twin. The […]
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Would you like to watch Toni Collette have a nervous breakdown for two hours? Hereditary is many things — a haunting story […]
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Ian McEwan’s novel On Chesil Beach and the movie based on it (which he also wrote) tell a story set in 1962 […]
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Remember the Robert Redford movie All Is Lost, where he was stranded at sea? Adrift, with teen-romance veterans Shailene Woodley (The […]
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