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Dec 25, 2024
Film Review: ‘Nosferatu’ remakes the forever fright
Vampire pics are perennial. Tales of undead bloodsuckers are probably the sturdiest horror film subgenre—outranking Frankenstein’s monster or, say, zombies—largely because of their morbid...
Dec 23, 2024
Film Review: ‘A Complete Unknown’ reveals Bob’s back pages
From its casting to its settings to its all-important musical choices, James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown is an electrifying, irresistibly engaging portrait of one...
Dec 17, 2024
‘Gladiator’ all over: Try on these sword-and-sandals epics
Regarding Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II, the sequel to his Gladiator (2000): What would the world do without gladiator movies? The ones set in the...
Nov 5, 2024
Film Review: Home alone in ‘Heretic’
Hugh Grant isn’t used to being mixed up in a screenplay quite as messy and perplexing as Heretic’s is. Although, he’s undoubtedly visited the...
Oct 31, 2024
Retrospective showcases revolutionary Soviet filmmaker
Sergei Parajanov is a filmmaking superstar most of today’s moviegoers have never heard of. And yet the late director (1924-1990) is hailed by fellow...
Oct 18, 2024
‘My Old Ass’ is more than just the latest Aubrey Plaza movie
It had to happen eventually: Aubrey Plaza’s latest vehicle is a comparably lightweight comic feel-gooder. It’s called My Old Ass, and despite its cheeky...
Sep 27, 2024
Film review: ‘Megalopolis’ is Satyricon 2024
A curious experience, this Megalopolis. Francis Ford Coppola’s 40th directorial effort has the antiqued flavor of a valedictory mega-production—especially given its opening night live-action...
Sep 18, 2024
FILM REVIEW: ‘The Substance’ is insubstantial
French director Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance is a misconceived, witless, leaden piece of work. More than that, it could be seen as the mildest—aside...