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Why “13 Hours” Respecting The Troops Doesn’t Make It Good
Michael Bay's Benghazi movie conflates U.S. soldiers to mythic status, but that message is more insidious than intended.
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The Questionable Racial Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Marvel's TV series have more people of color than we can find elsewhere in Marvel’s cinematic universe, but do they really represent progress?
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Method Men: DiCaprio & Hardy from “Inception” to “The Revenant”
A look at the recent trajectories of Leonardo DiCaprio's and Tom Hardy's careers.
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László Nemes and Géza Röhrig
on “Son of Saul”
László Nemes' tour-de-force directorial debut, Son of Saul—which centers on the titular main character’s (Géza Röhrig) quest to bury the body of a dead boy that he claims is his lost son—is a powerful, thoughtful and inspiring representation of the horrors of ...
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Adult Beginners: “The Silence of the Lambs”
Every other week, Alissa Wilkinson looks back at an iconic piece of cinema in the Adult Beginners column. The twist? She's watching each of these films for the first time, approaching them with fresh eyes and mature context. This week, she's discussing The Sil...
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This Week on Mubi: “L for Leisure”
Editor's note: We are thrilled to announce that MUBI, the curated online cinema that brings its members a hand-picked selection of the best independent, international, and classic films, is sponsoring Movie Mezzanine. You can use the discount on this promo pa...
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“Creed” Is A Career-Making Film For Michael B. Jordan
The most frustrating aspect of this summer’s Fantastic Four—aside from a poor script, spotty authorial oversight, scads of exposition that went nowhere, Kate Mara’s hilarious wig, and approximately 527 other things—was its gross misuse of one Michael B. Jordan...
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Through a Glass Lovingly: The Cinematography of Todd Haynes
In Todd Haynes’ Carol, the only time we are with Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) is in the car on the way to Carol Aird’s (Cate Blanchett) home in New Jersey. By “with,” this means when the audience is truly given the opportunity to grasp her mentality and emoti...
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“Carol” Is A Hollow Exercise in Style
Carol is a well-made, technically proficient melodrama armed with a compulsive visual evocation of the time in which it is set. Director Todd Haynes’s latest is a sumptuous walk through the 1950s Spiegel catalog, taking its time to dote on and savor the shallo...
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“Miss You Already” Is The Rare Honest Tearjerker
However horrible it most assuredly is in real life, dying of a debilitating disease often looks quite lovely in motion pictures. The afflicted tend to become blessed with infinite wisdom and generosity, bestowing advice upon those left behind as they beatifica...
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