Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
As I waited for the house lights to dim, the little old lady sitting next to me decided to strike up a conversation. She…
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Finding Vivian Maier
Finding Vivian Maier begins with a series of brisk cuts: we move from one interview subject to another, and as we do so, each…
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Ship of Fools (1965) – On Style & Stardom
Ship of Fools is maddeningly difficult to critique. How can a film that beats you over the head with its message also be quiet and…
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Make Way for Tomorrow (1937): Why it’s Forgotten & Why it Matters
Having summoned four of their grown children, Barkley and Lucy Cooper break some difficult news: the elderly couple have been hit hard by the…
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The first time I saw A.I. Artificial Intelligence, I was just a kid. (In fact, I believe I was around the same age as David –…
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Macbeth (2015)
There is perhaps no Shakespearean play more intensely cinematic in its potential than Macbeth. Lean and mean, clocking in at about two hours and…
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The Miniver Story
The Miniver Story opens with shots of London on VE Day, war-torn and weary, but tremendously glad that fighting is over at last. But we…
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Ace in the Hole
Chuck Tatum is a big city reporter: whip-smart, but as contemptible and unscrupulous as they come. His tangled history of libel, adultery, alcoholism –…
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Still Alice
Alice Howland has always prided herself on her intelligence and her command of language – two traits which had been instrumental to her appointment…
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Amour (2012)
The main narrative of Amour opens disconcertingly. Retired music teachers – M. and Mme. Laurent – return home after hearing a performance from their former pupil…
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