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Now Playing: “Silence”
Vikram Murthi writes about the latest epic from Martin Scorsese in this week's critic-at-large column, "Silence."
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“Taxi Driver” at 40
On its 40th anniversary, Jaime N. Christley commemorates the classic film "Taxi Driver."
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David O. Russell’s Fulfilling “Joy”
David O. Russell has always displayed a knack for formulating a dose of playful, hectic kitsch. From American Hustle’s big hairs, sideburns, and bare-chested outfits to the chaos-seeking, loudmouth families in The Fighter and Silver Linings Playbook, his chatt...
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“Heist” Is A Brazenly Derivative, Time-Killing Knockoff
Robert De Niro vapes in Heist, which I guess is almost as much a sign of changing times as Robert De Niro even appearing in a film like this at all. Following The Bag Man and Freelancers, Heist is the latest of the cinema legend’s straight-to-video throwaways ...
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NYFF Review: “De Palma”
My Roger Ebert website questionnaire asked for a movie I loved but everyone else hated. I chose Wise Guys, a movie that even hardcore Brian De Palma fans won’t endorse. Released in 1986, the Danny DeVito-Joe Piscopo movie marked its director’s return to comedy...
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“The Intern” Gets Only Partial Credit
Nancy Meyers wants you to know just how much she loathes the term “chick flick,” and with good reason. She’s had to deal with the condescending label time and again over her 35-year career as a writer, producer, and director, as though her work, though occasio...
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“That’s Italian!”: On the 25th Anniversary of “GoodFellas”
I was fifteen years old on September 21st, 1990 – the day Martin Scorsese’s GoodFellas opened in theatres -- and a full two carloads of us had negotiated the necessary curfew extensions to go see a 10:30 PM show at the Showcase multiplex in Revere, a suburb ju...
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Why Michelle Pfeiffer Deserves a Career Comeback
Nearly every year brings news of a comeback or return-to-form for a major film actor. Last year’s Birdman brought renewed appreciation and a long-overdue Oscar nomination to Michael Keaton. Bruce Dern got a late-career highlight the year before with Nebraska. ...
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Falling Stars: The Peril of Fame in Film
Looking from the outside in, the lives of the rich and the famous look pretty spiffy. They live in awesome houses, they wear awesome clothes, they have awesome accoutrements, and they get to do awesome stuff pretty much all day, every day. But if David Bowie a...
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Ranking the Films of Michael Mann
Michael Mann is largely known for directing crime thrillers, but a closer look at his body of work reveals a much wider range. Beginning with Thief in 1981, his output has included period pieces, biopics, and even a horror fantasy alongside epic stories of cop...
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