As I type this essay, students across the country are encamped in university quads. Protesting American Imperialism, by way of…
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The Cannes Film Festival is underway, and Chaz Ebert is on the ground to report on every development. In this video, Canadian…
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The films of Sean Baker (“The Florida Project,” “Red Rocket“) invariably focus on people who live on the margins. If…
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The memorial for film scholar David Bordwell was as funny, erudite, and thorough as the master’s own writing on cinema.…
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It’s okay for stories to end, and when I rolled credits on 2017’s “Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice,” I thought Ninja Theory,…
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By-the-books biopics are a dime a dozen and often result in a shallow portrait of their subject. But every once…
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Ali Abbasi’s “The Apprentice,” a portrait of the friendship between Donald Trump and Roy Cohn, leaves little doubt about who…
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Critics Week at Cannes, of course, is where new rising filmmakers are often found, mostly presenting their first feature. Sometimes…
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In 1974, film producer Bert Schneider – the producer behind such industry shifting New Hollywood hits as “Easy Rider, “Five…
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I cannot think of a single reason for another Garfield movie, and apparently, the people who made this couldn’t, either.…
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