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Butler Didn’t Do It
Apparently, if I'm not a boorish, knuckle-dragging, beer-swilling slob who grabs the asses of attractive women when they pass by, then I must be...
The Fall of a Sparrow
There are filmmakers who look back wistfully on the Hollywood of the 1930s and ’40s, when the studios had directors and other creative personnel...
Conclave: Election Season
Well, why don’t they make more movies about electing a pope? The procedure involves a small number of powerful men from all corners of...
All of Us Strangers: Only Lovers in the Building
After All of Us Strangers was shut out of the Oscar nominations, I was afraid I would have to relegate it to my annual...
Turkey Time
Even with the advent of computers, it takes so much effort by so many people to make an animated film. That’s why even substandard...
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Bathtubs Over Broadway (PG-13) Dava Whisenant’s documentary profiles comedy writer Steve Young and his discovery of a rare cache of vintage recordings of Broadway...
Blade Runner 2049: One of Us
The original Blade Runner was a box-office flop when it came out in 1981. Sometimes this gets forgotten about movies that acquire the reputation...
Hidden Gold
The Oscar nominations came out this week, and for once the talk about who got the nods might actually be overshadowed by speculation about...
Rat Traps
A lot of big names are connected with The Departed, so let’s start with two of the not-so-bigs: Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. They’re...
Spencer: Di Slowly
Why do little girls dream of becoming princesses? Marrying royalty seems like the most exquisite form of misery. This is especially true of the...
