Oscar Isaac
These are people behaving badly, even while they struggle to retain their dignity.
The Card Counter collapses under the weight of director Paul Schrader’s guilt complex.
A Most Violent Year is nothing if not intense.
For many boomers, the film will be a joyous invitation to wallow in déjà vu. For younger generations, it will shine a light on a time when musicians really thought music could change the world.
There was a moment when I turned around and thought, ‘I am definitely in a Coen brothers movie. This is crazy.’

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