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With Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Mexican-born director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu continued an arc of filmmaking guaranteed to evoke wildly disparate views among viewers and critics but which is unarguably one of the […]
Based on British writer H.E. Bates’ novella, A Month by the Lake is a gently sophisticated variation on the theme of the loner’s vacation that leads to romance. The year is 1937, and the impending […]
Snowpiercer was positioned in the 2013 summer market as more intellectual and stylish than competing futuristic and/orblunt-force action thrillers. This comparison is not completely earned, despite the sometimes interesting work of hot director Joon-ho Bong […]
Woman-o-woman. I ache for you, darling. Man-o-man, I ache. Gentlemen, never underestimate the strength of the opposite sex. She is cunning, she is wise, she is all things, and above all else- she will destroy […]