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REVIEW: A Serious Man
The Coen Brothers have been entertaining audiences with their off-beat filmmaking techniques for many years now. In “A Serious Man,” their artistry shines bright as they lead you through a miserable...
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REVIEW: Hugo
It’s slightly disingenuous to make a film all about the magic of the movies and then have little to offer itself in the way of enchantment, but that’s what Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” is – take it or...
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REVIEW: Blue Jasmine
Woody Allen’s latest feature shows our most prolific filmmaker access a side of his writing seldom seen: dark and unsparingly grim tragedy. I’ve seen all of his 48 films, and perhaps not since 1992’s...
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REVIEW: Cut Bank
In Matt Shankman’s “Cut Bank,” a tiny town has to deal with baby’s first murder investigation. The young Dwayne McLaren, played by Liam Hemsworth, just happens to film his girlfriend Cassandra (Teresa...
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REVIEW: Pawn Sacrifice
The tortured, abrasive genius has gotten a lot of play recently – the 2014 Toronto Film Festival alone saw the premiere of “The Imitation Game,” “The Theory of Everything,” and “Pawn Sacrifice,” all of...
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REVIEW: Trumbo
The potential criminalization of thought. The stoking of Americans’ fear of immigrants. The incessant blabbering that the media is infecting the world with its supposed invective. No, that’s not the...
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REVIEW: Steve Jobs
I have no qualms in saying that, in high school, the discovery of Aaron Sorkin’s writing completely changed the way I thought about how people could talk in fiction. Here were characters that spoke...
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REVIEW: Miles Ahead
New York Film Festival, 2015 Biopics, particularly those chronicling musicians, tend to follow predictable patterns surrounding a rise from obscurity filled with pitfalls and setbacks. With judgments...
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REVIEW: Arrival
Fantastic Fest Sometimes great films do more than change our thoughts. They change our way of thinking. Denis Villeneuve’s “Arrival” is one such film, reorienting our relationship with time and...
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REVIEW: Miss Sloane
“Lobbying is about foresight,” observes Jessica Chastain’s high-powered Washington lobbyist Liz Sloane at the outset of “Miss Sloane.” It’s a statement she delivers in direct address to the camera,...
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REVIEW: The Shape of Water
Toronto International Film Festival Guillermo del Toro may very well be cinema’s reigning master of monster mythology. Like few others, he understands the way that fantasy can speak to cultural hopes...
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