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In its efforts to subvert well-known tropes, and reclaim the subgenre’s feminist cultural potency, Promising Young Woman undercuts its own transgressive potential by doing away with what makes rape-revenge films compelling.
Some of the best music documentaries of 2020 – and some disappointments
Our demanding critics choose the best films (along with some disappointments) of the year.
Some great old films to watch while you count the days for your anti-COVID injection!
This brilliant film is both an intriguing commentary on the nature of performance and a frightening allegory about how technology, at the service of our worst fantasies and urges, is capable of destroying our humanity.
Trumpeter Doc Severinsen had the right combination of talent and showmanship to reach and stay in the spotlight, and he adjusted the pieces of his life to maintain his singular place.
This innovative “documentary” is a major accomplishment: it merits a much broader viewing than it is likely to attract (this one has “sleeper” and “cult classic” written all over it).
The excellent cast and realistic tone make Another Round oddly accessible, despite its rather outrageous, anti-social premise.
Like a day in a Disney dream-land, the “heaven-on-earth” glow of life in The Villages ultimately fades – quicker for some than for others.
Film Review: The Best Horror of 2020
It was the most terrifying of times, it was the most horrifying of times.
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