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Goddamn Amsterdam
For somewhat understandable reasons, the filmmakers and studio behind Amsterdam have buried the lede. This period satire is about a group of right-wing greedheads launching...
Film Shorts // 09-28-22
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Dead for a Dollar (R) Walter Hill (48 Hrs.) directs this Western about a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) who meets an old enemy (Willem...
Bros: Bobby Love
The major Hollywood studios have largely abandoned romantic comedies in the last decade or so. This seems like a giant failure of imagination. The...
House of the Dragon Recap, Episode 6: Dishonesty
After we watched the sixth episode of House of the Dragon, my girlfriend dived into A Wiki of Ice and Fire. The way they’re...
Don’t Worry Darling: There Is No Victory
I don’t usually get into the particulars of how I do my job, because I don’t think you’ll find it very interesting. Today, though,...
Birdy Out of Hand
They say, “Write what you know.” I’ve never been all that sure. Lena Dunham has written what she knows: contemporary life among creative types,...
Film Shorts // September 21-27, 2022
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Avatar (PG-13) James Cameron’s film demonstrates all his strengths and his flaws. Set in the 22nd century on a distant planet, the film stars...
House of the Dragon Recap, Episode 4
There’s a point in “King of the Narrow Sea,” the fourth episode of House of the Dragon, in which Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock) is confronted...
Silent Twins: Incommunicado
Agnieszka Smoczyńska made her first film in her native Poland. It was a musical called The Lure, about two man-eating mermaid sisters who become...
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...
