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Palm Royale is Pretty and Shallow, Which At Least Matches its Characters

Palm Royale is Pretty and Shallow, Which At Least Matches...

Apple TV+’s “Palm Royale” has unfortunate timing. It’s an earnest entry in the class-striving...

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SXSW 2024: Table of Contents

SXSW 2024: Table of Contents

BRIAN TALLERICO"The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem""Arcadian""Azrael""Babes""Cheech...

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SXSW 2024: Omni Loop, Desert Road, Things Will Be Different

SXSW 2024: Omni Loop, Desert Road, Things Will Be Different

I’ve had several conversations recently with people regarding how time has gotten...

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When Paul Simon Bombed at the Movies

When Paul Simon Bombed at the Movies

Last night, MGM+ premiered the first chapter of its two-part documentary “In Restless...

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Shayda

Shayda

Writer-director Noora Niasari’s debut feature, “Shayda,” is a personal meta-fiction...

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Asleep in My Palm

Asleep in My Palm

Society often ignores those living on its fringes. Thankfully, there are cinematic...

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The Unloved, Part 123: Birth

The Unloved, Part 123: Birth

Jonathan Glazer has always skirted the mainstream without becoming part of it. Maybe...

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Amelia’s Children

Amelia’s Children

I’m not really sure how genre fans will respond to “Amelia’s Children,” a Portuguese...

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Dune: Part Two

Dune: Part Two

The word that will likely be used most often to describe Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune:...

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Paul Dano is Ready for His Next Mission

Paul Dano is Ready for His Next Mission

Paul Dano has done so much in a career that's spanned two decades, and he's just...

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Danny Boyle Explains What Made Cillian Murphy So Special from the Start

Danny Boyle Explains What Made Cillian Murphy So Special...

For some viewers, Cillian Murphy’s presence in “Oppenheimer” might have been confusing:...

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Oscar Predictions 2024: What Will Win This Year

Oscar Predictions 2024: What Will Win This Year

Unlike most of the Oscar ceremonies over the last decade, the biggest question we’ll...

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Eye on the Screen: David Bordwell (1947-2024)

Eye on the Screen: David Bordwell (1947-2024)

David Bordwell was a teacher who became a friend. He opened my eyes to what cinema...

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Comedy is Defiance: Richard Lewis (1947-2024)

Comedy is Defiance: Richard Lewis (1947-2024)

Richard Lewis was the first comedian I tried to model myself upon. That’s a nice...

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Ordinary Angels

Ordinary Angels

Just because we know where a movie is going does not mean we don’t enjoy getting...

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About Dry Grasses

About Dry Grasses

Everybody lies. Whether with malice, for self-preservation, or to spare another’s...

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Seagrass

Seagrass

“Do you need a reason to be unhappy,” asks Carol (Sarah Gadon) in Meredith Hama-Brown’s...

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The Internet Will Never Let Russell Crowe Forget Les Miserables

The Internet Will Never Let Russell Crowe Forget Les Miserables

Director Tom Hooper had just won an Oscar for “The King’s Speech” and now he had...

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Berlin Film Festival 2024: Honoree Martin Scorsese Honors Powell and Pressburger

Berlin Film Festival 2024: Honoree Martin Scorsese Honors...

(Pictured: Portraits of Martin Scorsese at the Berlinale Palast. As filmmakers and...

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They Shot the Piano Player

They Shot the Piano Player

Spanish filmmaker Fernando Trueba, who co-directed “They Shot the Piano Player,”...