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“The Tribe”
Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy’s The Tribe has ridden an enticing hook—it’s performed entirely in sign language, with no subtitles—to considerable critical and festival acclaim. But is there much to it beyond the admittedly fascinating formal gimmick? While it’s temp...
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“Spy”
Note. This review originally ran as part of our coverage of South by Southwest 2015.
Despite having almost literally the most generic title it could possibly have, Spy is a dizzyingly funny espionage comedy, with a non-farcical, non-spoof plot that works on a...
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“The Ladies of the House”
Fans of late-night grindhouse fare will likely get a kick from The Ladies of the House, a by-turns sleazy and playful horror movie love-in that splits the difference between pseudo-feminist yuks and traditionally icky exploitation. The debut feature from the f...
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“Maggie”
In a grim, vaguely future-ish American Midwest, crops are burned and cities are on lockdown under the threat of a zombie plague. Of course, the word “zombie” is never used, but the audience knows what’s up -- rotted victims shamble around moaning and biting pe...
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On Johnnie To At Age 60
Today marks the 60th birthday of the world’s most exciting filmmaker, Johnnie To. The Hong Kong master enters his seventh decade more popular than ever, riding a wave of critical support with Drug War, his first film released in the West in years, as well as e...
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Inside Jonathan Glazer
by Tim Grierson and Glenn Heath Jr.
Tim is a film and music critic whose writing has appeared in Screen International, Paste, Playboy, L.A. Weekly, The Village Voice, Vulture and Deadspin. He is the author of four books, including FilmCraft: Screenwriting, a ...
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“Clouds of Sils Maria”
“Thinking about a text is different than living it.” Internationally renowned European movie star Maria Enders, portrayed by internationally renowned European movie star Juliette Binoche, speaks these words to her personal assistant Valentine (Kristen Stewart,...
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Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado on “The Salt of the Earth”
For decades, Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado has been one of the most celebrated social photographers in the world. He gets his due in the new documentary The Salt of the Earth, which both recounts his life and work, and uses both as a lens through...
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“Run All Night”
“I’m coming after you with everything I’ve got,” growls Irish godfather Ed Harris at his old buddy Liam Neeson, the two adversaries facing off over midnight coffee at a New York diner. “As long as you’re coming after Michael,” Neeson later retorts, “I’m coming...
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