It's a sign of hope that Bill Morrison, arcane found-footage wizard and poet of nitrate decay, is nearly a household name, with his films routinely feted at the New
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Lydia Lunch plays a punk proprietress dispensing advice from her bar, Tiny's Tight Spot. Asia Argento is a reclusive, mysterious Italian rock star. Nic Harcourt port
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Megan Leavey is a war picture, but the scenes of combat, while suitably tense, are not its selling point. Instead, the film, based on a true story, follows aimless y
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Since last November, we've been asked to understand, if not necessarily sympathize with, the furious resentments of the racists, misogynists, homophobes and plutocra
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The trailer for Henry Koster's 1952 adaptation of My Cousin Rachel channels hysteria as the voice-over asks, Was she woman or witch? Madonna or murderess?? Unfortuna
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Over the years, Tom Cruise has been many things but he's almost never been marginalized ? not in one of his own movies. Oh, he's played supporting parts and done cam
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The city of Montclair is a small tract of land situated between Pomona and Upland, which was once swaddled in the sweet scent of citrus trees. It used to be name
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It's only after three encounters, a night on molly, a blow-up argument, an impassioned recitation of Edna St. Vincent Millay's First Fig and some tender May-
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A red door is, biblically speaking, a sign of protection, an echo of the blood rubbed on posts and lintels during Passover to keep God from smiting you and your home
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There is something of the friendly alien about him, the man from space for whom everything ? every flower, every doughnut, every doorknob ? is new and miraculous. He
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I'm Dying Up Here premieres June 4 on Showtime Mythologies are built on pain. It's why nations remember the invasions they've suffered better than the ones they've p
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The 2017 Cannes Film Festival wrapped up May 28 with a slate of generally predictable (and perfectly worthwhile) awards. And while it may have been a somewhat lacklu
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