Tim Jackson
A satisfying, occasionally cringe-worthy Gothic thriller, whose sharp satire of social mores contains a feminist message that’s hard to miss.
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The film skims across topical issues aimlessly; it strives for relevance but never achieves it.
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Director Hal Hartley is an old-school romantic, one who sees human frailty and longing not as invitations to despair but as reasons to take part in the joy of living.
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Director Raoul Peck, like his subject George Orwell, encourages critical thinking and urges us to consider how best to resist the strengthening forces of tyranny.
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This is far from a conventional sports drama: it is a study of a man’s struggle for sense of personal worth and relevance
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Audiences prefer that political messages be buried under heaps of horror, but this film may be extreme enough to alert some viewers to look beneath the bloody spectacle.
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This is another visit to the world of Spinal Tap. I had some good laughs, and that might be enough.
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Viewers would be wise not to search for a deeper meaning in “Caught Stealing” — this is an example of entertaining commercial filmmaking from one of our best directors.
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The humanity Mariska Hargitay brings to her quest makes this film about her mother, Jayne Mansfield, much more than a hagiographic profile of a movie star: it is a deeply personal story of reconciliation, love, and family.
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Arts Remembrance: In Memoriam — Tom Stoppard
One of the great playwrights of the 20th century, Tom Stoppard wrote to entertain, but with intellectual rigor.
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