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Ice and Lightning

God of War (2018) stood as maybe the highest peak in the mountain range of Best Games of the Eighth Console Generation. With intricate, brutal...

Film Shorts // December 14-20, 2022

OPENING   Empire of Light (R) Yet another ode to the magic of cinema that doesn’t measure up to its subject. Olivia Colman plays an assistant...

Decision to Leave: You Belong to Me

The teasingly ambiguous Decision to Leave is the first Korean movie I’ve seen that feels like a Pedro Almodóvar film: languid, dreamy, filled with...

Film Shorts // December 7-13, 2022

OPENING   Aftersun (R) Charlotte Wells makes an impressive filmmaking debut with this autobiographical drama about a 10-year-old Scottish girl (Frankie Corio) who takes a summer...

Holiday Movie Preview

It’s the young people who are keeping movie theaters afloat these days. How else to explain the recent box-office numbers? We’ve seen Black Adam and...

Joysticks to the World

With games now averaging $70 a pop, here’s a guide to the year’s best to help you make the most of your holiday bucks. With...

Nanny: Don’t Go Near the Water

They’re selling Nanny as a horror movie. It was even co-produced by horror-movie outfit Blumhouse. The winner of the Jury Prize at Sundance isn’t...

Fabelmans: And We’re Rolling

This pandemic has made filmmakers turn to their own life stories for material: Kenneth Branagh in Belfast, James Gray in Armageddon Time, Elegance Bratton...

Film Shorts // November 30 – December 6, 2022

OPENING   An Action Hero (NR) Ayushmann Khurrana stars in this Indian drama as a former movie star who reckons with the fatal accident that forced...

Film Shorts // November 24-29, 2022

OPENING   Bardo (R) The latest film by Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman) stars Daniel Giménez Cacho as a journalist seeking peace with his Mexican identity. Also...