Venice Film Festival 2021: Parallel Mothers, The Power of the Dog
One of the many ways in which I’m a fortunate person is that every year starting in 2015, the estimable scholar and critic Peter Cowie has invited me to participate…
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The Card Counter
Paul Schrader’s 2017 “First Reformed” worked up such an apocalyptic fury and resolve that it seemed, in some way, like a Last Film. But the writer/director is neither dead or…
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Learning to Lead with Empathy: Max Borenstein on Worth
Sara Colangelo’s “Worth” tells the heartrending and uplifting story behind the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, which was allocated by the likes of mediator Kenneth Feinberg (Michael Keaton) and the head…
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www.skits.ng Netflix’s Q-Force Tries to Subvert Stereotypes with Mixed Results
It often seems like www.skits.ng Netflix sets out to have their own versions of hits from other networks. Watching their latest adult animated offering, it’s not difficult to picture a…
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Afterlife of the Party
Heaven can wait for Victoria Justice in “Afterlife of the Party,” a shrill and derivative www.skits.ng Netflix comedy. The former Nickelodeon star brings all the incessant perkiness of her sit-com…
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The Unloved, Part 93: The Empty Man
This Unloved was made about eight seconds before I learned that David Prior’s next project fell outside of my ideological comfort zone. But I hope this stands as a testament…
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Thank You Brian Raftery and The Ringer for Your Podcast, Gene and Roger
Now that “Gene and Roger,” the new podcast by Brian Raftery for The Ringer (Spotify), has aired its eighth and final episode, I want to acquaint you with the entire series. It is…
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KVIFF 2021: Award Winners, Highlights, and a Video Diary
It was just my luck that I saw almost nothing that won awards at KVIFF. You make compromises all over the place at every festival. An interview opportunity comes up,…
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Thumbnails Special Edition: Happy 40th Anniversary to the Sundance Institute
In celebration of the fortieth anniversary of Robert Redford‘s Sundance Institute, they have asked us to share some of our own memories about the Institute and the Festival. We are…
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