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This blistering new documentary manages to offer a fairly balanced portrait of a man who, at the end of his life, was widely demonized.
This is one of the year’s most heartwarming films; it is not sentimental, but projects a profound sense of resilient joy at its heart.
The Other Side of the Wind may inspire brooding melancholy in some, but it’s also pretty damned fine.
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Film Feature: Best Movies of 2018 — With a Few Disappointments
Our demanding critics choose the best (and the most disappointing) films of the year. .
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