Lead and Copper (Hart, 2023)
William Hart shows up with enough receipts in Lead and Copper to dismay even the most hardened pessimists and persuade … who exactly? That’s not meant as an indictment of… Continue reading "Lead and Copper (Hart, 2023)"
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Lawrence, 2023)
For just a moment in the first act of the new Hunger Games movie, it looked like the franchise was going to give President Snow the full Darth Vader treatment,… Continue reading "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (Lawrence, 2023)"
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Wish (Buck and Veerasunthorn, 2023)
I am not positive that Wish is that much worse than the average Disney fare, but I can say with confidence that it is the least I’ve enjoyed a Disney… Continue reading "Wish (Buck and Veerasunthorn, 2023)"
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Paris Police 1905
When I heard that there would be a second season of this French television serial, I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. I liked Paris Police 1900. But I… Continue reading "Paris Police 1905"
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The Marvels (DaCosta, 2023)
I enjoyed The Marvels more than I anticipated for a reason I didn’t expect: Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel. Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) has mostly struck me as Superman without… Continue reading "The Marvels (DaCosta, 2023)"
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A Binding Truth (Woehrle, 2023)
It’s not so much that those who forget the past repeat it; it’s that those who never foreground the past forget what they already know. In America, we know —… Continue reading "A Binding Truth (Woehrle, 2023)"
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Nyad (Chin and Vasarhelyi, 2023)
Nyad is a story so spectacularly unbelievable that were it not true, I would most likely be chiding the filmmakers for being irresponsible. Glorifying the swimmer’s quest to swim from… Continue reading "Nyad (Chin and Vasarhelyi, 2023)"
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Killers of the Flower Moon (Scorsese, 2023)
Killers of the Flower Moon is a new film from Martin Scorsese, which means the first, maybe only, question is whether it is a favorite to win Best Picture. The… Continue reading "Killers of the Flower Moon (Scorsese, 2023)"
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On the Line (Pearn, 2023)
The first twenty minutes of Oliver Pearn’s On the Line is pretty swell. With its simple title cards, sepia coloring, and sixties setting, the film looks like a long-lost Hitchcock… Continue reading "On the Line (Pearn, 2023)"
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The Mission (McBaine and Moss, 2023)
The Mission uses the story of John Chau, an American missionary killed trying to make contact with an isolated people group, to examine the broader cultural conflict between religious evangelism… Continue reading "The Mission (McBaine and Moss, 2023)"