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In Review: 'Deadpool & Wolverine,’ 'The Arctic Convoy'
A third Deadpool adventure tries to tweak superhero cliches while simultaneously indulging in them while, elsewhere, a story of World War II heroism…
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Keith Phipps
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Scott Tobias
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The New Cult Canon: 'Revenge'
With her feature debut, French director Coralie Fargeat re-worked the rape-revenge thriller on her own thrillingly stylized terms.
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Scott Tobias
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#72 (tie): 'L’Avventura': The Reveal discusses all 100 of Sight & Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time
Michelangelo Antonioni's 1960 breakthrough earned jeers and praise in its day. It's lost none of its power to unsettle.
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Keith Phipps
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Scott Tobias
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Open Question: Do you have any fond memories of Redbox?
There were no outpourings of emotion upon the demise of Redbox last week.
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Keith Phipps
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In Review: 'Twisters,' 'Sing Sing'
In theaters this week: a sequel to a '90s disaster film about storm chasers and a small-scale drama about a prison's theater troupe.
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Scott Tobias
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Keith Phipps
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A Guide to Your Franchise Auteurs
When indie favorites level up to studio blockbusters, do they lose themselves in the process? 'Twisters,' 'A Quiet Place: Day One,' and other…
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Scott Tobias
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The Pink Stuff: Shelley Duvall in ‘3 Women’
Duvall delivered one of her most memorable performances in one of Robert Altman's most experimental films playing a character she helped shape in every…
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Keith Phipps
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In Review: 'Fly Me to the Moon,' 'Longlegs,' and 'Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger'
This week brings a rom-com set against the backdrop of the Apollo 11 mission, an unnerving horror procedural, and a documentary about a remarkable…
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Keith Phipps
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Scott Tobias
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Robert Towne and Me: A Disaster Revisited
What a flubbed interview around Towne's Steve Prefontaine biopic 'Without Limits' reveals about a great sports movie and the two men at its center.
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Scott Tobias
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1950: The Year We Went to the Moon (Sort Of)
Released mere weeks apart 19 years before the moon landing, ‘Destination Moon’ and ‘Rocketship X-M’ competed at the box office while offering two…
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Keith Phipps
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For the Fourth: Some Highlights from The Reveal Archives
We’re taking the week off, so why not catch up by reading some of our favorite pieces from the last year?
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Keith Phipps
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Scott Tobias
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In Review: 'A Quiet Place: Day One,' 'Janet Planet'
The director of 'Pig' brings unexpected personality to an exhausted franchise and playwright Annie Baker makes an auspicious screen debut.
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Scott Tobias
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The Reveal
The Reveal
Deeper into movies (and a little TV). Essays, reviews, conversation. Past and present. From the editors of The Dissolve.
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