Frank Capra’s touching and fantastical ode to triumph of the human spirit is a beloved holiday classic. But it’s also a tough and dark story about fate that fits right in line with the movement known as film noir.
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Who could’ve imagined that such a creatively bankrupt idea would yield one of the year’s most charming films?
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Dueling psychics, vengeful samurai spirits, and deer hunting are some of the ingredients that went into this singular Christmas slasher.
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A twisted and gritty Yuletide fairy tale gets new life thanks to the proselytizing of the cult icon.
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Craig R. Baxle’s holiday B-movie (also known as “I Come In Peace”) mixes action, sci-fi, and Christmas cheer, to entertaining effect.
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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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“Silver Bells,” “White Christmas,” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” may be seasonal favorites, but they didn’t magically appear out of the holiday ether — all were originally written for movies.
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David Lowery’s 2021 adventure lives in the darker side of the holidays, embracing the horror of facing the oncoming year.
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On its 40th anniversary, an exploration of what James L. Brooks’s Oscar winner gets right – and other weepies don’t.
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Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest is a bit of a one-joke movie, though to be fair, it’s an awfully good joke.
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The new film from Ava DuVernay is a well-meaning letdown looks like it was made to play in every middle school that isn’t scared to show students something that resembles critical race theory.
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Three recent variations on Mary Shelley’s classic novel finally capture the passionate feminist perspective the author embodied.
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