Luis Buñuel’s final film (now streaming on Prime Video) is challenging, often confounding exploration of sex and power.
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Once you get a big hit, like Alex Winter did as Bill S. Preston, Esquire, in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, […]
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Colm McCarthy’s 2016 adaptation of M.R. Carey’s novel (now streaming on Netflix) is a thoughtful and often exhilarating examination of survival and sacrifice.
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Terrence Malick’s 1978 classic (now streaming on Amazon Prime) remains a gorgeous sensory experience – and a showcase for several magnificent performances.
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The turn of the 21st century was ruled by a particular kind of comedic heroine. Blond hair, a bubbly personality, and […]
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Director Michael Ritchie veered from character studies to commercial comedies, but throughout his filmography, the subject of sports (and a cynical approach to it) was a constant.
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Nicolas Roeg’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s novel (released 30 years ago today) still plays like gangbusters, thought its subtext serves as a subtle reminder of the “stranger danger” era.
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Pump Up the Volume never capitulates. In its opening scene, a law-breaking teenage radio DJ who goes by the moniker Hard […]
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The duality that defines Agnés Varda’s Cléo from 5 to 7 is present from, quite literally, its opening frames: a title […]
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The gloomier the world gets, the more lugubrious the art reflecting it becomes. The world has never witnessed a calamity of […]
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Death be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not soe,For, those, whom thou think’st, thou […]
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“If everybody want to stick together, I stick with ‘em. But if nobody want to stick together, I stick alone, by […]
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