Jessica Chastain

At the Berlin Film Festival: Radu Jude’s Journey Into Guilt, Plus a Young Peter Hujar and an Earnest Jessica Chastain

March 16, 2025
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In Berlin, the closest thing to a consensus on “Kontinental ’25” was that the film didn’t measure up to Romanian director Radu Jude’s customary standards. My view is that the critics didn’t look hard enough.

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London Film Festival, Dispatch #2: My Festival Favorites

October 14, 2023
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It’s hard to pick favorites, but here are my top films from this year’s London Film Festival.

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WATCH CLOSELY: HBO”s “Scenes from a Marriage” — Love, Naturally

November 24, 2021
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These are people behaving badly, even while they struggle to retain their dignity.

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Film Review: “A Most Violent Year” — A Most Masterful Accomplishment

February 9, 2015
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A Most Violent Year is nothing if not intense.

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Film Review: Come Home to “Mama”

January 23, 2013
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One might call “Mama,” one of the classiest horror films in years, a case of shock and awww …

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Fuse Film Review: “Zero Dark Thirty” Delivers an Unforgettable Body Blow

January 7, 2013
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Is it sexist to feel the need to point out that the two best action/war movies in recent times have been made by a woman director?

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