With “Cherry,” Tom Holland joins the ranks of heartthrobs who try to prove their Serious Actor mettle by dropping their baby fat and cranking up the tics.
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In this excerpt from his new book, Tim Grierson explains the close-up via its use in ‘Persona,’ ‘The Passion of Joan of Arc,’ and ‘If Beale Street Could Talk.’
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Disney’s latest feature is out this week, and we’re eagerly awaiting the chief sign of its cultural penetration: a cheapo mockbuster imitation.
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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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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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Shudder’s new “A Nightmare Wakes” is the latest attempt to bring the real story of Frankenstein’s creator to the screen – and, once again, it’s a big miss. What keeps going wrong?
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The documentarian’s latest, ‘A Glitch in the Matrix,’ further cements his distinctive style – and recurring areas of interest.
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The ‘Little Things’ writer and director has had, to put it mildly, an uneven career. But is there some method to its madness? An investigation:
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A group of recent documentaries examine the impact of arts programs in prisons, and the questions those programs raise about incarceration itself.
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As the new president takes the oath, we wonder: what films indicated the kind of leader America would look for in this new era?
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Why do throwaway action thrillers like ‘Homefront,’ ‘Braven,’ ‘Peppermint,’ and ‘Triple 9’ keep topping the Netflix charts? We have theories.
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The silent film star was unfairly maligned by ‘Kane,’ and is seen as a figure of sympathy in ‘Mank.’ But who was Marion Davies, really?
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