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'Mission: Impossible -- Dead Reckoning Part One': Where the Action Is Jul. 07, 2023
In the 27 years since Brian De Palma launched the "Mission: Impossible" franchise, secret agent Etha... Read More
'No Hard Feelings': Jennifer Lawrence Hits the Beach Jun. 23, 2023
The reason that No Hard Feelings — a salty but basically innocuous comedy — is rated R i... Read More
'Asteroid City': Out of the Past Jun. 16, 2023
Having been born in 1969, director Wes Anderson has no firsthand recollection of the 1950s. But his ... Read More
"The Taking": Cowboys and Native Americans May. 05, 2023
You may not think you've ever been to Monument Valley, but you almost certainly have. Filmmakers hav... Read More
'Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret' and 'Sisu': Up With Girls, Down With Nazis Apr. 28, 2023
Margaret Simon is 11 years old and she's living in hell. Well, actually she's living in suburban New... Read More
'Little Richard: I Am Everything': Rip It Up Apr. 21, 2023
Little Richard — or the Great Little Richard, to give him his full title — really was ev... Read More
'Paint': Owen Wilson Channels the Spirit of the Late PBS Art Star Bob Ross Apr. 07, 2023
It's not easy being Carl Nargle. Sure, he's the most famous painter in Vermont. But that's entirely ... Read More
'The Lost King': Searching for Richard Mar. 24, 2023
William Shakespeare, the noted playwright and lying knave, gets a bit of comeuppance in "The Lost Ki... Read More
'Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre' : Jason Statham in an Underpowered Guy Ritchie Spy Flick Mar. 03, 2023
It's been a while since anyone went to the trouble of making a James Bond knockoff, but here comes G... Read More
'Baby Ruby' and 'The Outwaters': From Small Things... Feb. 10, 2023
"Baby Ruby" is a horror story for women. Or set among women, at any rate. I hesitate to presume anyt... Read More
'20th Century Women': Annette Bening and a Top Cast Are in Peak Form in One of the Year's Best Movies Dec. 25, 2020
"20th Century Women" tells a coming-of-age story in which even the grown-ups are still coming of age... Read More
'Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies': Prurience Revisited Sep. 11, 2020
Looking back on the cinematic sexy-wars of the last century from the promised land of total pornogra... Read More
'Shirley': Elisabeth Moss in a Low-Energy Art Movie About a Great American Writer Jun. 05, 2020
"Shirley" is a movie like few others. I wish I could say that's a recommendation, but despite some n... Read More
