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Lean, ambitious, unsentimental, overwhelmingly guy-centric, unmodulated and bombastic, Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic “Dunkirk” showcases the best and worst of the director’s tendencies. The best win out and the worst recede in memory when you...

The world lost one of its best filmmakers this past Sunday with the death of George Romero. Peter Sobczynski penned our obituary, but we wanted to let other members of our staff share their thoughts on such...

Sunday in Montreal was another day for genre films from around the world to make their Canadian and World Premieres at Fantasia Festival. It was another day that illustrated the scope of the programming at this...

Most filmmakers only dream of one day creating a work of art that will stand the test of time, and few of them manage to pull this off. Of that number, even fewer are able to...

My second day in Montreal opened with a movie both strikingly familiar and modern, one that recalled a legacy of filmmaking that directly addresses the scars of a nation. My day closed with a film that also works...

There’s something magical about flying two hours from Chicago to a place that looks more like Europe to watch a film made in Japan. Fantasia Fest has quietly built an international reputation as one of the...

David Lowery’s “A Ghost Story” is one of the most acclaimed and divisive films of the year. Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, this intimate, dreamlike film tells the story of a haunting, but not in...

“Wish Upon” is another one of those movies that would be memorable if it were a lot better or a lot worse. Joey King (“Oz the Great and Powerful”) stars as Claire Shannon, a teenage girl...

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The spirit of Seijun Suzuki, patron saint of avant-garde Japanese filmmakers, presides over the Japan Society’s 11th annual “Japan Cuts” program, a consistently exciting survey of innovative Nipponese cinema. Suzuki is perhaps most well-known as the...