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Thursday, April 25, 2024

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Film Shorts

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OPENING  The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (R) The Coen brothers’ latest Western is an anthology film of six stories set in the Old West. Starring...

See How They Run: Murder Behind the Scenes

Oh, how the British must have watched Knives Out with jealousy. Time was, the U.K. used to turn out lighthearted murder mysteries like that...

Cover Songs on Movie Soundtracks: A Brief History

I appreciate a good movie soundtrack when I hear one, and in between feeling guilty about failing to mention The Chemical Brothers’ propulsive soundtrack...
Chris O'Dowd presents Deborah Mailman, Shari Sebbens, Jessica Mauboy, and Miranda Tapsell in "The Sapphires."

Soul Sapphires

Ah, Chris O’Dowd! Whether you loved him in Bridesmaids or detested him on TV’s Girls, you’ve probably been amused by the antics of this...
Pacific Rim opens Friday.

Film Shorts

OPENING: Pacific Rim (PG-13) Guillermo Del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth) directs this science-fiction thriller about a group of humans who build giant robots to battle...

Margin Call: Sell High

Talk about great timing: Margin Call premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last winter to middling buzz and reviews, but now this drama —...
Cesar Chavez opens Friday

Film Shorts

OPENING: Cesar Chavez (PG-13) Diego Luna makes his directing debut with this biography starring Michael Peña as the civil rights activist and labor leader. Also...

Film Shorts

OPENING  The Death of Stalin (R) Armando Iannucci (TV’s Veep) writes and directs this comedy about the chaos that engulfs the Soviet Union after the...

The Eagle: British Invasion

As it turns out, The Illusionist isn’t the only movie out this week that’s set in Scotland. If you go into this toga-and-sandals epic...
These Final Hours.

At the End of the Day

Remember this name: Zak Hilditch. You’ll probably be hearing it again soon. That’s because filmmakers who can convincingly evoke the apocalypse on a small...