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Zodiac (2007)

D avid Fincher's Zodiac effectively encapsulates the massive manhunt for the serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area from the 60s through the late 70s.  His theatrical villainy would…

Rounders (1998)

I n his review, Roger Ebert compared Rounders to Rocky, and it's certainly apropos:  Over the course of the film, poker player Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) gets demolished in a high-stakes game,…

Licorice Pizza (2021)

L icorice Pizza is an eccentric, shapeless masterpiece.  It follows Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman), a precocious, entrepreneurial teenager, as he hustles his way through the San Fernando Valley, circa 1973.  As…

House of Gucci (2021)

A fter 160 minutes of House of Gucci, I can confidently say I have no idea what the hell I just watched.  Is this a gloriously trashy piece of pop art--the…

Nightmare Alley (2021)

W ithin Guillermo del Toro's ambitious, eccentric Nightmare Alley, two very different movies form an awkward coexistence:  For much of its first half, we see the dark, sprawling topography of a…

Spencer (2021)

From the opening scene, Spencer announces itself as a sizzling slice of historical fiction.  Put another way, this is an imaginative portrait of Princess Diana (Kristen Stewart), painted against the…

The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

W ith The Tragedy of Macbeth, director Joel Coen and his longtime collaborators labor greatly to deliver a fresh take on the Shakespearean behemoth.  Coen strips the legendary work down to…

Last Night in Soho (2021)

Y our tolerance for this wacky, atmospheric thriller will depend on your affinity for the freewheeling era known as Swinging London.  If the thought of a film built around the…

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