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May 2023

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)::rating::5::rating::5::rating::5

L awrence of Arabia made me love movies. When I was a boy, the scene where Peter O'Toole's Lawrence first ventures into the desert was a transformative experience. David Lean's…

Apr 2023

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Casablanca (1942)::rating::5

T ake a poll of the most iconic movie scenes in history, and a lot of the same answers will pop up: Dorothy Gale singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" would…

Apr 2023

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Platoon (1986)::rating::4.5

P latoon isn't so much about the loss of innocence as the wholesale devastation of it. The opening scene depicts something familiar in war epics: A transport of clean-shaven, clueless…

Mar 2023

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Duck Soup (1933)::rating::5

D raw a line from anything in any movie that's ever made you laugh, and you'll eventually connect to the Marx Brothers. Within Duck Soup, their goofy, shambling masterpiece, there are…

Mar 2023

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Chinatown (1974)::rating::5

C hinatown is a gloriously grim masterpiece. It functions both as homage to the film noir heyday of the 1940s, and as a testament to the socio-cultural malaise of Nixonian…

Mar 2023

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EO (2022)::rating::4.5

O ne of the most remarkable things about EO is how such a passive main character can swell our hearts with empathy. Take the scene where EO the donkey stares…

Feb 2023

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The King’s Speech (2010)::rating::5

According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. This means…if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing…

Feb 2023

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All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)::rating::4.5

A ll Quiet on the Western Front takes place during the final agonal gasps of World War I. As the armistice threatens to answer an ugly war with an ugly…

Jan 2023

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T o Leslie sent my thoughts back to a similar film, Hillbilly Elegy. In that middling, piddling, manipulative hooey, millionaire actors slap on prosthetics and moth-eaten flannel. For two hours, they…

Jan 2023

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The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)::rating::4.5

T he Banshees of Inisherin takes place in 1923, on a little Irish island where life seems to amble along, like a pleasant stroll on a country road. As civil…

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