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'The Whale': Man Overboard Dec. 09, 2022
Not too far into "The Whale," the new Darren Aronofsky movie, my eyes began to grow blurred and sogg... Read More
'Bones and All' and 'The Menu': Dinner Is Served Nov. 18, 2022
"Bones and All" is a movie that goes for the throat right away. An early scene at a girls' sleepover... Read More
'The Fabelmans': Steven Spielberg Phones Home Nov. 11, 2022
A Steven Spielberg movie about his childhood back in the 1950s sounds like a ticket to a cotton-cand... Read More
'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story': Behind the Bologna Nov. 04, 2022
How fitting that a musical biopic about a maker of pop-song parody videos should itself be a parody.... Read More
'Holy Spider': Death on Wheels Oct. 28, 2022
These are difficult times for the mad mullahs of Tehran. There they were last month, quietly going a... Read More
'Halloween Ends' and 'The Banshees of Inisherin': Return of the Big Figure, and Colin Farrell at a New Peak Oct. 14, 2022
'Halloween Ends' The story so far: 1978: In suburban Haddonfield, Illinois, teenage babysitter Lauri... Read More
'Amsterdam': Starlogged Oct. 07, 2022
How's your history? Do you remember a 1933 coup attempt in which a group of Wall Street fat cats plo... Read More
'Smile': Stressed to Kill Sep. 30, 2022
Let's call it the demon leer — the horror-movie effect created by pasting an incongruous grin ... Read More
Thinking About the Cultural Theme of Spectacle in Jordan Peele's 'Nope' Sep. 02, 2022
As the second week of the 2022 fall semester is rapidly winding up for my English composition classe... Read More
'Emily the Criminal': Aubrey Plaza Gets in Touch With Her Inner Badass Aug. 19, 2022
Aubrey Plaza, the queen of weaponized deadpan, plays it all-the-way straight in "Emily the Criminal,... Read More
'Nope': Not Quite Jul. 22, 2022
According to its production notes, Jordan Peele's "Nope" is a new take on "the granddaddy of genre m... Read More
Giannis Antetokounmpo Biopic 'Rise' Is a Summer Inspirational Hit Jul. 15, 2022
"Rise," one of the best summer movies this year, did not get as much attention as some of the most a... Read More
'The Forgiven': The Sands of Crime Jul. 01, 2022
I don't know if it's true that a woman without discretion is like a gold ring in a pig's snout. What... Read More
'Elvis': King Me Jun. 24, 2022
Baz Luhrmann's new Elvis Presley biopic is set in an endless present in which Presley's music, a fou... Read More
'The Innocents': The Kids Are All Wrong May. 13, 2022
Most evil-kid movies — "The Omen," "The Exorcist," the "Village of the Damned" films, and on a... Read More
'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent' and 'The Northman': Nicolas Cage Back in Action and Alexander Skarsgard Howling at the Moon Apr. 22, 2022
Why do we love Nicolas Cage? How could we not? Like the protagonist of "Drive Angry," one of his man... Read More
'Memoria': Art Attack Apr. 01, 2022
It would be wrong to say that "slow cinema," as the genre is sometimes called, is simply a pigeonhol... Read More
'Everything Everywhere All at Once': Speed Demons Mar. 25, 2022
There's so much going on in "Everything Everywhere All at Once" — and it goes on so relentless... Read More
'Sundown': A Very Quiet Mystery Jan. 28, 2022
Even the worst movies always have a shot at critical reassessment. Consider the 1961 "Last Year at M... Read More
'Licorice Pizza': Squalls of Flak Suddenly Surround One of the Year's Most Lovable Movies Dec. 31, 2021
Paul Thomas Anderson's "Licorice Pizza" may not be a full-on coming-of-age classic; it's a little di... Read More
