Then Playing —Nickelodeon; Sunday in New York; Blue Beetle
Reviews of films directed by Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Tewksbury, and Ángel Manuel Soto. Continue reading Then Playing —Nickelodeon; Sunday in New York; Blue Beetle
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Then Playing — Experiment Perilous; Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid; 9 to 5
Reviews of films directed by Jacques Tourneur, Carl Reiner, and Colin Higgins. Continue reading Then Playing — Experiment Perilous; Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid; 9 to 5
Then Playing — Judy Blume Forever; The Informer; The Color Purple
Reviews of films directed by John Ford, Blitz Bazawule, and the team of Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok, Continue reading Then Playing — Judy Blume Forever; The Informer; The Color Purple
Then Playing — Nightfall; Rock ‘n’ Roll High School; The Long Good Friday
Nightfall (Jacques Tourneur, 1956). Peered at through the binoculars of modern retrospection, it’s nearly impossible to look at this nineteen-fifties film noir and not see Fargo in one of the lenses. The Coen brothers classic shared a lot of DNA … Continue reading Then Playing — Nightfall; Rock ‘n’ Roll High School; The Long Good Friday
Then Playing — Ishtar; The Children Act; Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Reviews of the comedy that ended Elaine May’s directing career, a weak drama with a fine Emma Thompson performance, and a documentary about Linda Ronstadt. Continue reading Then Playing — Ishtar; The Children Act; Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Then Playing — Saltburn; A New Leaf; Kaleidoscope
Reviews of films directed by Emerald Fennell, Elaine May, and Jack Smight. Continue reading Then Playing — Saltburn; A New Leaf; Kaleidoscope
Then Playing — The Quiet Girl; How to Blow Up a Pipeline; American Fiction
Reviews of films directed by Colm Bairéad, Daniel Goldhaber, and Cord Jefferson.
Continue reading Then Playing — The Quiet Girl; How to Blow Up a Pipeline; American Fiction
Then Playing — Dumb Money; The Good Guys and the Bad Guys; Eileen
Short reviews of films by Craig Gillespie, Burt Kennedy, and William Oldroyd. Continue reading Then Playing — Dumb Money; The Good Guys and the Bad Guys; Eileen
Then Playing — Diner; Leave the World Behind; Pickup
Barry Levinson’s debut, Sam Esmail’s return to film after a run of strong TV, and a tough 50s drama from Czech auteur Hugo Haas. Continue reading Then Playing — Diner; Leave the World Behind; Pickup
Then Playing — The Little Hours; Passages; Where Danger Lives
Profane nuns, a complicated love triangle, and a flinty film noir. Continue reading Then Playing — The Little Hours; Passages; Where Danger Lives
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