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Dragon Tattoo: I Love Playing with Fire
It’s not every week that a Swedish novelist who’s been dead for six years makes the cover of Entertainment Weekly. Such is the engrossing...
Rocky Past
We’re film critics. We’re supposed to be shockproof. We take pride in our ability to watch movies without batting an eyelash when they deal...
Fútbol Flop
It's hard to make a sports film with real originality. How do you resist the siren call of the genre's cliches: the tough but...
Wizard of Oz
It's been seven long years since we've seen a movie from Baz Luhrmann. The insanely original Australian director tried to make a film a...
Film Shorts // June 4-10, 2025
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Barron’s Cove (R) This thriller is about a bereaved father (Garrett Hedlund) seeking revenge for the accidental death of his son. Also with Tramell...
Film Shorts
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An Education (PG-13) This radiant and gently heartbreaking drama is one of 2009's best movies. The Oscar-nominated Carey Mulligan stars as a 16-year-old Londoner...
Luckiest Man: No Pressure
The odd historical drama The Luckiest Man in America takes place on the TV game show Press Your Luck. The original version of that...
Rainbow Lounge Doc Update
This bit of news comes from Dallas filmmaker Robert Camina, whom we've profiled in our pages. His documentary Raid of the Rainbow Lounge will...
Film Shorts
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Akira (R) A movie set in 2019 but released in 1988, Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s anime classic receives a re-release, with voices by Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu...
Odds and Ends
I couldn’t get to the few movies that are being released in theaters this week, so I thought I’d run another of my yearly...
