In Apple TV+’s “Before,” protagonist Eli (Billy Crystal) tells his therapist that his life has “turned into a Dali painting.”…
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Zohra Lampert’s Jessica in 1971’s “Let’s Scare Jessica to Death” smiles as she suffers horrors. Not because she’s particularly brave…
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The brilliance of Dick Pope, who died this week at 77, can be seen in nearly all of the movies…
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“Now to the bottom line: Are these ‘five better films’ than “Hoop Dreams?” I would say they are not. “Hoop…
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As those who have been attending film festivals for any amount of time can attest, after watching the usual array…
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Year after year, the Chicago International Film Festival’s documentary program features exceptional stories from around the globe. For its 60th…
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It’s not often that a film festival and book festival join forces, but that is just the case in Iowa…
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Due to the highly publicized conversations between Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel, especially in the early ‘80s, about the moral…
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“The Fall,” now finally available on Mubi and getting a theatrical release from the company, feels impossible. It’s one of…
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Presented in the New York Film Festival’s Currents section, a complement to the main-slate selection that traces “a more complete…
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