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Reviews

December 19, 2024 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘Juror #2’ Review: Eastwood’s Best Film This Century Further Certifies His Towering Legacy

It was hard for me to watch Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2 (2024), the legendary director’s 40th feature film, without thinking about a fellow non...

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December 13, 2024

Review: The Gift of Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘A Nonsense Christmas’

Jesus was a carpenter, but there’s a new vixen here for Christmas. (Well, if this is going to be a proper Sabrina Carpenter review, there has...

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December 11, 2024 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: 'Hard Truths' is a Maddeningly Brilliant Tragic Comedy

In one of Mike Leigh’s best films, Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), Eddie Marsan has an emotional breakdown of anger and resentment towards one of the ...

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December 10, 2024 · by Kam Ryan

‘A Complete Unknown’ Review: Timothée Chalamet Sings His Way to an Oscar

Bob Dylan once sang, “Come writers and critics, who prophesize with your pen.” Well, if this critic has the ability to prophesize anything, T...

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December 9, 2024 · by Nadia Arain

‘Y2K’ Review: Kyle Mooney’s Nostalgic Debut Cracks at the Edges

Every New Year’s Eve my mother recounts the end of 1999, when everyone believed the world’s end was one clock tick away. She recounts going o...

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December 3, 2024 · by Nandita Joshi

'All We Imagine As Light' Review: Payal Kapadia’s Love Letter To Mumbai

Recently, I traveled to India for the first time in seven years. I used to visit frequently, going almost every year to see relatives. Upon r...

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December 3, 2024 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: 'September 5' is a Compelling, Empty Journalist Thriller

Some of the best journalism movies involve real-life figures combating institutions of power, highlighting dynamics that lead to corruption a...

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December 2, 2024 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘Moana 2’ Review: A Haphazardly Structured Story Persists in Disney’s Latest Disappointment

The original Moana (2016) was an unexpected lightning rod for Disney Animation. Coming out in a stacked year for animation, side-by-side with...

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November 29, 2024 · by Neha Jha

‘I Want to Talk’ Review: Humor, Heart, and Abhishek Bachchan’s Stellar Performance Steal the Show

One look at the trailer of Shoojit Sircar’s I Want to Talk, and you would probably dismiss it as another medical drama–death looming large an...

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Lists

November 28, 2024 · by Red Broadwell

Ten(ish) Films about Food for the Holiday Season

Well, we did it. We have reached the end of another year, and the holiday season is upon us. The onset of the holiday season signals many thi...

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Essays

November 28, 2024

Revisiting ‘The Babadook:’ The Faceless Silence of Jennifer Kent’s Horror Legend

Ten years have passed since Jennifer Kent’s spectacular horror film The Babadook was released. Celebrated by a limited theatrical run in Octo...

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November 27, 2024 · by Adam Patla

60th Annual Chicago International Film Fest: Angelina Jolie Grounds a Larger Than Life Figure in ‘Maria’

There is a moment in Maria (2024) when someone asks Maria Callas (Angelina Jolie)  if he should refer to her as Maria, her given name, o...

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