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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Masked and Anomalous

Film Shorts

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Inu-Oh: Under the Bridge

Playing at multiplexes and the Modern Art Museum this weekend, Masaaki Yuasa’s Inu-Oh is a heady mash-up of Noh theater and glam rock that...

My Oh Maya

OK, so a few months ago, Mel Gibson had the year’s biggest celebrity meltdown, unless somebody comes up with a better one in the...

Deadpool & Wolverine: Heeling Factor

In the original Deadpool, the titular hero (Ryan Reynolds) gripes about the X-Men series: “Those timelines are so confusing.” Now, though, they’ve rejiggered the timelines...

Aline: Taking Chances

You remember Walk Hard, don’t you? You remember how John C. Reilly played the main character at age 14 onward, and the filmmakers did...

Monsieur Lazhar: Bonjour, Classe

The French-Canadian drama Monsieur Lazhar was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film this past year, and there were observers who tipped...

Make It Right

So many movies are about people seeking revenge over wrongs done to them that it’s worth noting that there are two prestige pictures coming...

Bonus Film Review: The Mermaid

Big movies tend to come out in the Far East around Chinese New Year, and the recent festivities included the likes of Kung Fu...
Hiroyuki Sanada is confronted by Colin Firth about his war crimes in The Railway Man.

The Road to Recovery

British actors always seem a bit smug. Not sure why, but it’s probably because they are. Their pridefulness, however, melts away in The Railway...

The Prom: High School Musical

When Ryan Murphy was announced as the director of a filmed version of a recent Broadway musical, I and other watchers of his TV...

Kubo and the Two Strings: Paperboy

I must confess I’m less enamored with Kubo and the Two Strings than most other people seem to be. This stop-motion animated film is...