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Spaceship Earth: A Whole New World

I was a teenager in Arizona when eight scientists sequestered themselves in Biosphere 2, a geodesic dome in the desert outside Tucson containing an...

Painter and the Thief: Crimes of the Art

Movies like Topkapi and The Thomas Crown Affair would have you believe that art thieves are glamorous aesthetes who commit their crimes because of...

Normal People: Two Less Lonely People in the World

If you’ve heard one thing about Normal People, it’s that the new Irish TV miniseries has wall-to-wall sex scenes. Indeed, the second episode alone...

Lucky Grandma: Figure Eights

Last summer we saw The Farewell, a film revolving around a sweet old Chinese woman that struck a chord with American audiences. However, if...

R.I.P., Lynn Shelton

Great cities deserve great filmmakers. Martin Scorsese is forever identified with his native New York even when his movies are set elsewhere, M. Night...

How to Build a Girl: Dolly Rock

If you saw Booksmart, you probably didn’t look at Beanie Feldstein and think that she'd be able to slot into a naturalistic English dramedy...

Frances Ha

As you know, our governor’s executive order this past Monday allowed for movie theaters in our area (as well as other establishments) to open...

Russian Duet

Despite the rich history of Russian film, which kept going even under the Soviet regime’s censorship, not many movies from that country reach us...

Bacurau: Water Power

If you’re worried about your local multiplex during this time of no theatrical movies, you should be. Even a big chain like AMC Theatres...

Never Rarely: Autumn in New York

You don’t know what you’ve been missing until it’s in front of you. This year was shaping up to be a historic year for...