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Paul Greengrass has a singular talent for capturing the minutiae of a crisis. His docu-dramas CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, UNITED 93, and THE LOST BUS ...

In entertainment industry circles, the sentiment towards Dave Green’s looney legal thriller is aggressively positive. Shelved by Warner Discovery for a tax write-off ...

Jane Schoenbrun seems to be embarking on a similar career path to Wes Anderson: complete devotion to a nearly identical thematic hook that ...

Will Gluck’s ONE NIGHT ONLY accidentally captures an undeniable truth about living under fascism: The average person just doesn’t care that much. The ...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER has a title akin to a network procedural, and perhaps that is not an accident. This ...

Like every teenage cinephile in 2011, I worshiped Nicolas Winding Refn’s DRIVE. The combination of the petty crime antics and explosive bloodshed of ...

“A TIME OF APPARENT MAGIC”  Christopher Nolan’s alleged magnum opus, THE ODYSSEY, opens with a title card meant to set a distinct precedent. ...

Beloved by passionate corners of the internet, BACKROOMS, directed by Kane Parsons, creator of the original YouTube series, quickly garnered attention not only ...

The handful of female-led superhero movies struggle with an identity crisis. They often feel afraid to embrace femininity in both aesthetic and complexity. ...