Review
The series gives a fine overview of its selected artists, and it does an even better job of introducing the turbulence, torments, treasures, and trippiness of 1971 to audiences who didn’t live through it (or who can’t remember much of it, for whatever reason).
Read MoreLéa Seydoux claims the spotlight as the title character in Bruno Dumont’s pithy and entertaining France, giving a performance that’s cunningly calibrated to mesmerize.
Read MoreIf you’re looking for instrumental music that grapples with tumultuous events, times, and circumstances, this may well be the disc for you.
Read MoreThe brilliant Drive My Car is about many things, but at its core the film is an exploration of loss.
Read MoreNetflix may have yet to create an animated hit on the scale of Frozen, but this entry in the sweepstakes suggests that the streaming platform is moving closer towards that goal.
Read MoreLicorice Pizza, director Paul Thomas Anderson’s ninth feature film, proves that he is a purveyor of cinematic joy.
Read MoreSteven Spielberg’s West Side Story is fairly entertaining, fairly decent, but that’s about it.
Read MoreRather disappointingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, the expressions of lesbian eroticism in Benedetta are very obviously depicted for the male gaze.
Read MoreHot Maroc is more of a three-ring circus than a drama, with a high-wire act at one end, tigers and elephants at the other, and scurrying clowns in the middle.
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