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Film Commentary: Scorsese and Cinema — Before and After “After Hours”

July 31, 2023
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This shaggy dog story, set in the bowels of Manhattan, in the yet to be gentrified bohemian enclave of SoHo, presented an opportunity for Martin Scorsese to return to bare-bones filmmaking.

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Film Review: “Talk to Me” — Hand of Glory

July 30, 2023
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Despite the lack of background or explanation for the occult item at the center of “Talk to Me,” I found it relatively easy to suspend my disbelief and become caught up in the story’s momentum.

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Film Review: “Barbie” — Existential Crisis in Pink

July 25, 2023
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Director Greta Gerwig’s hard-edged but affectionate paean to Barbie is sweeter than it is satirical, slightly more perky than political.

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Film Review: “The Beanie Bubble” — Much Ado About a Sack of Beans

July 24, 2023
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>Like many fads from the ’90s and early aughts, beanie babies are now getting the Hollywood treatment.

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Film Review: Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” — It’s the Apocalypse, Stupid

July 21, 2023
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The greatest enigma “Oppenheimer” poses is recognizing the difference between good and evil and how to act accordingly.

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Film Review: “Close to Vermeer” – Out of This World

July 20, 2023
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Johannes Vermeer as a person and a painter remains a mystery, but this documentary expertly probes the brilliance of his art.

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Film Commentary: “How I Learned to Start Worrying and Fear the Bot”

July 17, 2023
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Long before the current writers’ strike, Hollywood was sounding the alarm about the dangers of AI.

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Film Review: “De Humani Corporis Fabrica” — Invasive Procedure

July 13, 2023
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Singing the body electric in “De Humani Corporis Fabrica.”

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Film Review: “Lynch/Oz” — The Man Behind the Curtain

July 13, 2023
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Without “The Wizard of Oz,” it’s entirely possible that the David Lynch we know and love wouldn’t exist.

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Film Review: “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” — The Best Ever

July 9, 2023
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The acts of reinvention in “Mission: Impossible–Dead Reckoning Part One” are revelatory, object lessons for how all future summer sequels can be written.

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