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  • World of Wong Kar Wai Retrospective Arrives Virtually to Film at Lincoln Center

    by - Nov 25, 2020
    Although he has only 10 feature films to date in a career that has spanned more than 30 years, Wong Kar Wai has more than solidified his position as one of the true masters of contemporary...
  • Happiest Season

    by - Nov 25, 2020
    In a realistic world, a typical couple wouldn’t exchange overtly explanatory lines amongst themselves in private and say things such as, “I know how you feel about Christmas because you lost your parents then.” Unless of...
  • Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet is as Irreplaceable as Ever

    by - Nov 24, 2020
    2020 has been a strange year for cinema, but its unpredictability has made room for reassessment. The lack of new Shakespeare adaptations hitting U.S. theaters provides us with an opportunity: to revisit Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo +...
  • From Spidey to Souls: The PS5 Launch Games

    by - Nov 24, 2020
    The PlayStation 5 landed in stores (well, if you’re lucky enough to find one) just under two weeks ago, which has given us time to explore the launch games available for the next-gen machine. We’re running...
  • The Croods: A New Age

    by - Nov 24, 2020
    Seven years after the release of “The Croods,” a sequel finally emerges from the caves of Hollywood, pushing its ways into theaters in the markets where people are still allowed to go to the multiplex. Rather...
  • The 2020 Frontrunners For Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress

    by - Nov 23, 2020
    Just like everything in 2020, the ever-escalating pandemic has caused the usually glitzy awards season hullabaloo to be considerably muted due to safety measures. With film fests going virtual, movie theaters being shut down, and the...
  • A Great Kind of Warm Message: Joel Crawford on The Croods: A New Age

    by - Nov 23, 2020
    “The Croods: A New Age” is the first feature directed by animator and storyboard artist Joel Crawford. The prehistoric family led by Grug (Nicolas Cage) and Ugga (Catherine Keener) finds some other humans, pointedly named The...
  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    by - Nov 20, 2020
    “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is a celebration of three real-life Black artists and legends. There’s the blues singer, often referred to as the “Mother of the Blues,” whose name and song give the film its title....
  • The Mandalorian Chapter 12 Recap: Old Friends

    by - Nov 20, 2020
    The 12th chapter of “The Mandalorian” begins with, you guessed it, a detour. What else can you expect for a show that wants to be busy but also do its world-building and plot development in increments? At least...
  • Animaniacs are Back on Hulu with Irreverent Vengeance

    by - Nov 19, 2020
    Something funny happened to TV audiences over the 22 years that the Animaniacs were out of the public eye. Streaming virtually killed the idea of designating airtime for cartoons like this, and with it, the sense of whether...