Karina Longworth is the best kind of film academic. Her perspective on cinema and its history is expansive and ruminative, but her passion for the subject matter ens
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Short films might not be as labor-intensive as full lengths, but they have their own set of challenges. Telling a great story in a limited amount of time is not easy
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Twenty-five year-old actor-writer-director Cooper Raiff has followed his terrific indie comedy, Shithouse (2020) with Cha Cha Real Smooth, a more serious-minded film
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When a film advertises itself as the new Adam Sandler joint, it’s hard to know what to expect these days. His track record is so spotty, it’s never clear
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A kind of career-capping, gross-out victory lap, David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future, is a triumph of perverse auteurism. To say no other artist could’ve spl
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More performance art than music documentary, Andrew Dominik’s This Much I Know to Be True is a stripped down but complex portrait of Australian musician/poet Nick
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Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe outing to feature one of Marvel’s old guard,” something that i
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It obviously seemed like a great idea: make a Nicolas Cage movie about Nicolas Cage, simultaneously glorifying and satirizing Cage’s inimitable (but very imitable)
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Is it possible to make a blockbuster that’s as dumb as it is entertaining, as mindless and pointless as it is escapist? The answer is yes, especially if the na
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Will Smith will serve a 10-year ban from the Oscars for his on-stage slap of comedian Chris Rock at the 94th Oscars.
The Academy’s Board of Governors voted on
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March was a mixed bag for movies and docuseries. Many of them sought to do more than entertain – they hoped to make us consider their subjects in different, of
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The future for Will Smith and the Oscars will be decided on April 18, as he may face disciplinary action for the infamous slap on comedian Chris Rock this Sunday.
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