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“Lucky” begins with series of shots of the New Mexico desert: broken-backed hills, cacti reaching for the sky. It locates a tortoise crawling on the ground. This is President Roosevelt, whose predicament we’ll learn about in...

The makers of the based-on-a-true-story black comedy “American Made” fail to satisfactorily answer one pressing question: why is CIA operative and Colombia drug-runner Barry Seal’s story being told as a movie and not a book? What’s being shown in this film...

“Signature Move,” the latest feature from acclaimed filmmaker Jennifer Reeder, is the first movie produced by the long-running Chicago publication, Newcity. It undertook production of the picture two-and-a-half years ago as an experiment to illuminate the...

One of the most striking and enthralling nonfiction films this reviewer has seen in years, “I Am Another You” almost seems designed to prove that great documentaries require large measures of both talent and luck. Filmmaker...

When I was growing up, Thursday nights meant NBC. It wasn’t just a strong block of programming, it was a cultural force that nearly recalled more communal, nostalgic days of entertainment when one could be confident...

Cinematic Overtures: How to Read Opening Scenes is the latest book written by Annette Insdorf, a professor in the Graduate Film Program of Columbia University’s School of the Arts and host of the Reel Pieces series...

Superstition There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity.  It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between...

John Carroll Lynch may not be instantly recognizable to most audiences based on his name alone but when they get a look at him, they can immediately place him as one of the most reliable character...

As Hulu continues to celebrate its first Emmy win for Best Drama—a party that Netflix and Amazon have yet to throw, by the way—and HBO prepares for the return of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” the big five broadcast...

Labor Day is the official start of the awards season with the advent of annual film festivals in Venice, Telluride and Toronto (not that we will forget earlier films like “Get Out”). There are so many...