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Feb 2022

Drive My Car (2021)::rating::5::rating::5::rating::5

F or much of Drive My Car, Misaki (Tōko Miura) chauffeurs Yusuke (Hidetoshi Nishikima) to and from his job as a theater director. He listens to cassettes of his late…

Nov 2021

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The Last Waltz (1978)::rating::5

The Last Waltz serves as the glorious, glowing sunset for rock's greatest era. Orange, yellow, and red lights bathe the musicians, who are mostly dressed in browns and blues.…

Oct 2021

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Aliens (1986)::rating::4.5

Aliens pulls off a unique feat in cinema history: With this sequel, James Cameron delivers a brawny masterwork that completely reorients the franchise, without distracting from the landmark film…

Apr 2021

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Batman and Robin (1997)::rating::4.5

1997 was a special summer for the movies. Speed 2: Cruise Control featured Willem Dafoe on a cruise ship, murdering people with exploding golf clubs. Face/Off showed us John Travolta's…

Mar 2021

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Sound of Metal (2020)::rating::4.5

Sound of Metal is a great film, replete with sly humor and aching sadness. It’s less about Ruben’s deafness than what he does next: Even in profound loss,…

Mar 2021

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Minari (2021)::rating::5

This film puts me in a bit of a bind. I was good and ready to call the Oscars for Nomadland. Now, I’m not so sure.

Feb 2021

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Nomadland (2021)::rating::5

As a character study, Nomadland is strengthened by a startling sense of realism: When Fern mingles with the actual people depicted in Bruden’s book, it feels eerily like we’re…

Nov 2020

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Patton (1970)::rating::5

This is undoubtedly a war film, but the war is really just a canvas upon which to paint Patton’s massive personality.

Oct 2020

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Heat (1995)::rating::5

Beyond its legacy, Heat remains an engaging masterpiece–an intimate character study of epic proportions.

Aug 2020

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JFK (1991)::rating::5

W hen I watched JFK in eighth grade, it blew my little mind on two equally important fronts: First off, it's a balls-out cinematic masterpiece that deploys just about every visual trick…

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