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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Time Out of Mind: Watching Richard Gere Disappear

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As a homeless man wandering the streets of New York in Oren Moverman’s Time Out of Mind , Richard Gere does the opposite of commanding ...
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Sunday, June 21, 2015

Eden: A Very Sad Movie About Bringing Joy

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Save for a couple of brief, telling instances, nobody in Mia Hansen-Løve's Eden ever seems happy. Surprising, perhaps, for a fi...
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Sunday, June 14, 2015

“This Is Our Furiosa.” Mad Max: Fury Road and the Moments In Between

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There’s a moment about two-thirds of the way through Mad Max: Fury Road that speaks to one reason why I love the film so much. It comes...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Forgotten Films: Rachel, Rachel (Paul Newman, 1968)

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The death of screenwriter Stewart Stern a couple of weeks ago brought some fine remembrances  from numerous writers , many of whose liv...
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Saturday, February 7, 2015

My Top 20 (Actually, 21) Films of 2014

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I’m late with this. I’m always late with this. In part it’s because, not having to worry about deadlines, I can be late with it. (None ...
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Sunday, January 4, 2015

Selma: Of Moral Arcs and Men

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One of the most fascinating things about Ava DuVernay’s Selma is the way history itself seems to become an actual character in it. ...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Interstellar: “The Loneliest Journey in Human History”

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He wept to think that his dreamless slumber had spanned the entire lifetime of his first child.  When he could face the ordeal, he wo...
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