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The most unfairly maligned film of the year: Ridley Scott’s “The Counselor.” The most overrated movie of the year, which gave me a mammoth headache: “American Hustle.”
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs demonstrates the Coens’ consummate skill for reinventing classic genre tropes, dovetailing deep affection with inspired re-interpretation.
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Shannon Bowring is a wonderfully wise and compassionate writer, exquisitely alert to the varieties of human experience that exist at the end of the 20th century.
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A review of two fine backstage (or offstage) comedies at the Berlinale — “Blue Moon” and “Koln 75”.
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Zola is an exhilaratingly salacious odyssey through the neon-lit strip clubs, dingy motels, and gaudy underbelly of America’s chaos state, like Showgirls as told by Zora Neale Hurston.
Read MoreShakespeare’s “Coriolanus” deals with the difficultly of recognizing superiority at a time of radical social breakdown, specifically when it is democracy that is in extremis.
Read MoreArts Fuse critics select the best in dance, music, film, and theater that’s coming up this week.
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Our popular music critics pick some of the standout albums and performances of 2024.
Read MoreIt’s refreshing and more than a little nostalgic to experience the trials, triumphs, and tribulations of Mailer’s time through his own combative eyes..
Read MoreSince then, they have remained as indefatigable as ever in terms of writing, recording, and touring.
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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2025