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In Review: 'Blitz,' 'Emilia Pérez'
An all-review week continues with two big movies from major directors, both of which are or will soon be available on the small screen.
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Keith Phipps
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Scott Tobias
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In Review: 'Wicked,' 'All That We Imagine As Light'
A beloved Broadway musical—well, half of it, anyway—makes a move to the big screen and an extraordinary drama from India offers a different sort of…
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Keith Phipps
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Scott Tobias
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In Review: 'A Real Pain,' 'Red One'
If you want real pain this week, see 'Red One.' 'A Real Pain,' on the other hand, is a pleasure.
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Scott Tobias
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Keith Phipps
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‘Quiz Show’ at 30: The Last of the Middlebrow Masterpieces
Hollywood has stopped making movies like Robert Redford's impeccably crafted drama about the '50s quiz show scandals. We're poorer for it.
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Scott Tobias
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Altman at the Other End of the Seventies
Altman helped redefine American films in the first half of the 1970s. The second half was another story.
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Keith Phipps
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Open Question: What actor has most successfully reinvented themself?
Sometimes actors variations on the same persona year after year. Others change lanes.
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Keith Phipps
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In Review: 'Heretic,' 'Bird'
A horror film and a new Andrea Arnold drama turn the focus on young people trying to escape extremely different types of traps.
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Scott Tobias
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The New Cult Canon: 'Holy Motors'
After two flops and a 13-year absence, Leos Carax returned to the fray unbowed and gloriously unhinged.
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Scott Tobias
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#67 (tie): ‘The Red Shoes’: The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time
Technicolor passions flare up on and off the ballet stage in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's signature achievement.
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Scott Tobias
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Keith Phipps
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Open Question: What is your election movie of choice?
Perhaps it's 'Election'?
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Scott Tobias
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In Review: 'Juror #2,' 'Here'
Clint Eastwood continues (and maybe concludes) a late-career streak of compelling films with a courtroom drama while Robert Zemeckis travels the years…
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Keith Phipps
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Scott Tobias
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Clint Eastwood's Time Machine
How do you follow-up a career-defining masterpiece like 'Unforgiven'? With the minor-key greatness of 'A Perfect World.'
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Scott Tobias
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