The Oscars face diminished cultural relevance in a modern era where nominated films largely lack prestige and the notion of Hollywood grandeur has long since faded to black. Here's why.…
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Kidman is superb, with the precision that only the most immaculate, detail conscious actors can assume.…
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It may not have been necessary, but Steven Spielberg’s shiny new version of West Side Story has enough going for it to merit a recommendation – it’s a colorful, energetic update.…
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Pablo Larrain’s Spencer, featuring Kristen Stewart as a tormented Princess of Wales on a Christmas holiday with the Royal Family at Sandringham House, is primarily of interest for the star’s transfixing performance as the put-upon noble who would rather be anywhere else than under sovereign…
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As an excavation of a place, time and a personal history, Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago deconstructs Chicago poet and novelist Barry Gifford in an original movie portrait of the artist as a young man, told in a variety of forms, against a backdrop…
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As Roger Ebert frequently asserted, the first and most important question to ask of a film is what its makers intended, and the second is how well they executed upon said intentions. This, of course, does not allow for questioning whether what was intended/executed…
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No Time to Die is a smashing piece of entertainment, a movie so much fun to watch—extravagant in the usual James Bond ways that provide immeasurable movie comfort—and such a generous swan song for star Daniel Craig that you’d have to be a bitterly…
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