The Eternal Daughter: Tilda Swinton-Led Gothic Ghost Story Goes Deep
By Karen Gordon
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Empire of Light: Sam Mendes’ Valentine to Movie Houses Crowded But Captivating
The Leech: When Noel Good Deeds Are Punished Indeed
Spoiler Alert: Tragic Gay Love Story is Death-They-Do-Part Déjà Vu
Violent Night: Ignore the Neigh-Slayers and Enjoy This Counter-Christmas B-Movie
White Noise: Clunky if Heartfelt Adaptation Trips on Narrative Hurdles
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekDrama, adaptation, Don DeLillo, White Noise, Noah Baumbach, Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Netflix, Don Cheadle, 1980s
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed: An Artist Biography and Documentary For Our Time
ReviewJim SlotekArtists turned activists, Nan Goldin, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Laura Poitras, P.A.I.N. (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now), Sackler Family, Oxycontin, ACT-UP, Performance protest, Guggenheim
Hunt: A Confusion of Spies
ReviewJim SlotekSpy thrillers, South Korean, Drama, Action, Hunt, Lee Jung-jae, Jo Seung-Hee, Jung Woo-sung, Go Yoon-jung, Jeon Hye-Jin, 1980s
Neil Young: Harvest Time - How a Signature Album was Born in a Barn
ReviewJim SlotekNeil Young, Harvest, Heart of Gold, Neil Young: Harvest Time documentary, Elliot Mazer, The Stray Gators, Kenny Buttrey, Tim Drummond, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Carrie Snodgress, Bernard Shakey
Please Baby Please: Less Instruction, More Eruption Please
Scrooge A Christmas Carol: When Did Scrooge Become Cute?
ReviewJim SlotekNetflix, Christmas movies, Charles Dickens, Scrooge, A Christmas Carol, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol, Stephen Donnelly, Luke Evans, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Jonathan Pryce, Trevor Dion Nicholas
EO: Tripping in Donkey-Vision with a Polish Master
ReviewJim SlotekDonkeys as metaphor, EO, Jerzy Skolimowski, Robert Bresson, Au hasard Balthazar, Ewa Piaskowska, Michal Dymek, Sandra Drzymalska, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Isabelle Huppert
Bones and All: A "Foodie" Romance Set Among People Who Eat People
ReviewJim SlotekThemes of cannibalism, Bones and All, Luca Guadagnino, Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name, Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, David Gordon Green, Jessica Harper, Chlöe Sevigny, Mark Rylance
Goodnight Oppy: The 'Little Mars Rover that Could' Doc is Robotic Hagiography
The Fabelmans: Less a Spielberg Auto-Biopic Than a Warm Love Letter to His Mismatched Parents
By Karen Gordon
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - We'd Tell You Why This Sequel is Even Better, But They Might Kill Us
ReviewJim SlotekGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Knives Out sequel, Rian Johnson, Murder on an island resort, Daniel Craig, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Edward Norton, Ethan Hawke, Hugh Grant
Sugar: When Eye Candy Meets Nose Candy
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths: Iñárritu Film About a Re-Examined Life Walks Lightly Toward the Light
By Karen Gordon
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Stay the Night: A Witty and Charming Rom-Com that Wears Toronto-Love on its Sleeve
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams - A Low-Key Portrait of Passionate Footwear Prodigy Ferragamo
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekLegendary shoe designers, Salvatore Ferragamo, Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams, Luca Guadagnino, Call Me by Your Name, Hollywood shoe designer, Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Rudolph Valentino, Manolo Blahnik, Christian Louboutin
