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Nothing would please me more than to believe the announcement made last week by the Van Gogh Museum, saying that one of the paintings in the museum that has always been called a self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh is in fact a portrait of his brother Theo
Read MoreWhat follows is a succession of images and tableaux static enough to make Michelangelo Antonioni look like an action-movie director.
Read MorePulitzer Prize-winner Annie Baker’s John is a haunting feminist drama about women and madness.
Read MoreCould there be a better place to satirize American taste than in the center of Boston’s thriving commercial district?
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The structure, plot, themes, tone, and diction of Was It For This all combine to consecrate the ordinary alongside the exceptional.
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Isaac Butler’s stories about The Method’s effect on American film acting are insightful, particularly when he recounts how actors could be either inspired or angered when they embraced it.
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“Enigma” is as unlike the standard sports documentary as a Cybertruck is to a F-150.
Read MoreRembrandt’s casual scratches snap into recognizability with the surprise of stage magic. But there’s no trick, it’s the genuine miracle of talent.
Read MoreThe interviewees sound warnings about how we have self-sorted, online and in the real world, into echo-chamber communities of like-minded people.
Read MoreBy Jard Craig Going to Pieces, a new made-for-cable documentary (which airs this Halloween on Starz at 11 p.m.), charts the history of slasher films. The film starts off strong, but falls apart once the initial shock value of cinematic cut-and-slash overkill wears off. The film strings together the best scenes from new and classic…
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Holiday Commentary: Making Room for the Stranger