In these dispatches I often talk about themes naturally arising or not arising at all between films. Well, the throughline…
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Audience members attending the main stage performance on closing night of the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival are in for a…
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The highly anticipated “Lanterns” drops on HBO at an interesting time for the DC Universe. 2025’s “Superman” was a critical…
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Towards the end of Rian Johnson’s “Wake Up Dead Man,” Josh O’Connor’s Judd Duplenticy says of his suffering congregation, “And…
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In this first dispatch from Locarno is a trio of films one might call “elusive.” They all capture weighty, human…
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In 2024, I wrote about Netflix’s surefire hit “Tires”: “I suspect the second season will be stronger as the writers…
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On the rain-slicked streets of Toronto one evening, a trio makes their way through a 24/7 car wash. The woman…
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I can’t get enough of John Wick. As soon as one of the films in the series showed up on…
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Over the last year or more, it’s been hilarious seeing headlines pondering which new action thriller will be the “Reacher”…
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Almost exactly 13 years ago, when I was still a freelancer for this site, I wrote a piece about how…
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